Asia | September 6, 2021

Elsewedy Electric, Toyota complete key Iraq substations project

Iraq: Elsewedy Electric has announced that along with Toyota Tsusho Corporation, it has completed the EPC contract of four GIS substations.

 

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Iraq: Elsewedy Electric has announced that along with Toyota Tsusho Corporation, it has completed the EPC contract of four GIS substations.

The gas insulated switchgear (GIS) substations (each of 400/132/11 kV capacity) are located in Southern Iraq. In addition to this, it has completed work on 12 132/33 kV mobile GIS substations, said the statement from Elsewedy Electric. These substations are expected to provide power for a combined total of approximately 1.3 million households, it added.

The contracts awarded by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity were for:

  • Maysan 400/132/11 kV GIS substation in Al-Amara Governorate;
  • Al-Muthanna 400/132/11 kV GIS substation in Samawa Governorate;
  • Shattra 400/132/11 kV GIS substation in Al-Nasiriya Governorate;
  • Shatt Al Arab 400/132/11 kV GIS substation in Al-Basra Governorate and
  • 12 x 132/33 kV mobile GIS substations.

Elsewedy Electric, which designed and built the 400/132/11 kV GIS substations, qualified its engineers for testing and commissioning of GIS switchgear and transformers through an intensive training in Toshiba factories in Japan and India.

All GIS switchgears and high voltage transformers were manufactured by Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation and equipment for 132/33 kV mobile substations from Meidensha Corporation.

Despite many challenges, the Egyptian group said it had succeeded in completing each 400/132/11 kV GIS substation ahead of the contract schedule; approximately six months earlier than original schedule, where Maysan and Al Muthanna were energized before summer of 2020 followed by the Shattra and Shatt Al Arab projects which were energised by summer of 2021.

The key construction milestone was celebrated at a ceremony held in Basra city on 2 September. The special event marked the official inauguration of Shat Alarab substation in Basra, the last one to be connected to the Iraqi grid.

During the project, Elsewedy Electric said it had relied on 1,200 Iraqi engineers and technicians supported by 180 Egyptian professionals, emphasizing on a business model for all its projects in Iraq leveraging on the Iraqi workforce while providing on-job development and training programmes.

 

Source: Trade Arabia