Syria Reaches Out to Greek-Italian Consortium to Build 700-Megawatt Combined-Cycle Power Plant

MILAN, ITALY--October 10, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Syria's Ministry of Electricity's Public Establishment of Electricity for Generation and Transmission awarded a contract in September to a consortium of Metka SA (ATHEX:METTK) (Metallikes Kataskeves Ellados or Greek Metal Constructions) (Athens, Greece) and Ansaldo Energia SpA (BIT:STS) (Genoa, Italy) for the design, supply, construction and commissioning of a 700-megawatt natural-gas-fired power plant in Deir Ali, Syria.