Qatar Invests $2.1 Billion in Power Transmission Expansion

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Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) signed contracts totaling $2.11 billion with 13 companies to implement Phase II of Qatar's power transmission system expansion plan.

The contracts for the first stage include the commissioning of 32 substations. Work includes the laying of cables covering a distance of more than 948 kilometers (km), and the removal of nearly 43 km of overhead lines in capital city Doha and its neighborhoods.

The second stage of Phase II includes the commissioning of 20 substations. New cables totaling a distance of more than 82 km will be installed, and 54.5 km of overhead lines will be dismantled.

Phase II companies include Elsweedy Cables (Egypt), Gulfar Al Misnad (Qatar),LS Cable (South Korea), National Contracting Company (Saudi Arabia), Prysmian Powerlink (Italy), Siemens AG & Siemens WLL consortium (Germany), ETA Star International, ABB Limited (NYSE:ABB) (Switzerland), Larsen & Toubro (India), Mott MacDonald (Croydon, England) and Alstom S.A. (Paris, France), with Qatar International Cable.

Kahramaa also has signed agreements with EDF (Paris) and Alstom Grid for consultancy services for stage one of Phase II.

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