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.
Qatar: State-owned utility Qatar General Water & Electricity Corporation (Kahramaa) has awarded a $519 million (€470 million) contract to Siemens for the supply of 18 turnkey substations to supply power and help to cater for increasing electricity demand.
Yellowstone Electric Co. has been awarded a $37 million contract to replace 12 transformers and related equipment at Glen Canyon Powerplant in northern Arizona.
Crompton Greaves (CG), has signed a new contract to provide ZIV protections for Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), the largest power utility company in the Middle East serving approximately five million customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom has been awarded a turnkey contract worth approximately €100 million ($110 million) from Eletrosul Centrais Electricas S/A (Eletrosul) to integrate wind farms located at Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, into the country’s transmission grid.
Zambia, Lusaka: Chinese transformer manufacturers TBEA Company Limited and Chint Electric Company have been contracted by Zambia’s largest power company ZESCO to supply power transformers and shunt reactors for three substation upgrade projects.
India, Mumbai: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), India’s largest generation utility has awarded a $19 million contract to Avantha Group Company Crompton Greaves (CG) to build the largest rating GSU transformer in India.