Chinese firms 'must try harder' for Iraq deals

Mainland infrastructure firms are well positioned to bid for the construction of natural gas-fired power plants in Iraq, but they need to work harder to catch up with Western rivals that have had a head start, according to an infrastructure lawyer.

Daniel Tain, an Abu Dhabi-based partner and specialist construction and engineering lawyer at the London law firm Pinsent Masons, estimated that Iraq will build four to eight gigawatts (GW) of gas-fired power plants in the next five to 10 years. It had 20 GW of gross generating capacity last year.

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