1.0link151403<![CDATA[GE Inks Iraq Power Deal Worth Nearly $3 Billion]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/16/ge-inks-iraq-power-deal-w_n_151403.htmlNEW YORK — General Electric Co. said Tuesday it will sell power-generation equipment to Iraq in a nearly $3 billion deal designed to support the nation's tattered electricity grid.
The company's GE Energy division will supply 56 heavy-duty frame 9E multi-fuel gas turbines capable of supplying 7,000 megawatts of electricity. That's enough power for about 5.4 million homes, according to U.S. Department of Energy statistics.