Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has placed over $60 million orders with ABB for the supply of three turnkey substation solutions for residential and industrial areas in Dubai, as part of UAE’s efforts to strengthen power infrastructure.
Spain: Abengoa, a Seville-based international company supplying technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been awarded the engineering and construction contract for two new power transmission lines, a substation and the extension of an existing line in Chile, worth more than $180 million.
Saudi Arabia is boosting its power generation capacity from less than 60 GW to about 91 GW by 2020, and to more than double existing capacity over the longer term, looking to meet the rising demand resulting from economic growth in the country and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, primarily driven by oil and gas.
United Kingdom, Pudsey: Winder Power Ltd, a UK manufacturer of power and distribution transformers, has been awarded a contract by Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) for the bulk supply framework for the energy company’s primary distribution transformers.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded a contract worth around $85 million in Qatar to provide turnkey substations to help integrate electricity from a new independent water and power plant (IWPP) into the country’s grid.
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India, Delhi: Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €9 million ($9.7 million) from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to provide receiving and auxiliary main substations for the Kochi metro.
India, Mumbai: Power transmission and distribution business unit of the Mumbai-based Indian multinational conglomerate Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) has secured orders worth nearly $80M in March.