Mass Global: The Energy Power-House

Azad Mustafa Hussain, Vice-Chairman of Mass Global Investment Company chalks out the growth of the group that is responsible for 22 hour electricity supply in Iraqi Kurdistan and is the largest power-industrial conglomerate in Iraqi Kurdistan.

According to the Vice-Chairman: “We have an active power plant in Erbil which generates 1,000 megawatts, we also have another power plant in Sulaymaniyah which also generates another 1,000 megawatts and another power plant in Duhok which generates 500 megawatts of power. We are also working to develop our project in Erbil since we already signed a contract with Enka company to benefit from the thermal energy generated by the turbines, and then transform it into another 500 megawatts without using any fuel. This will enable our power plant in Erbil to generate 1,500 megawatts. Also hopefully in March 2013, we will sign a contract for a similar project of combined cycle to develop the power plant in Sulaymaniyah adding another 500 megawatts to the original 1,000 megawatts generated by that plant.”

“As for the power plant in Duhok, we are increasing our power production up to 750 megawatts starting from May of this year.”

For the industrial side, Mass Global is the largest producer of cement in Iraqi Kurdistan, a much sought after commodity in the wake of the reconstruction efforts.

“We also own and operate Mass Iraq cement factory which produces 12,000 tons of cement on daily basis, and during February we will launch the 3rd line of production boosting the quantity up to 18,000 tons of cement per day.  We also have another company called Mass Steal and we’ve been participating in civil projects for one year now with a yearly production of 1,250,000 tons of steel.” Says Hussain.