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North America
IID awards EPC contract of Path 42 project to Spanish Abengoa
May 9, 2013California-based utility Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has awarded an engineering, procurement and commissioning (EPC) contract to Spanish company Abengoa for its Path 42 Transmission Upgrade Project.
Georgia Power to install 3M’s ACCR for 230 kV line
March 13, 2013Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company, has awarded a contract to a global technical, electrical, manufacturing, and marketing solutions provider company, 3M Limited for supplying its patent ACCR technology for its transmission project in Chatham County.
ATCO Electric awards EATL project contract to Valard [free access]
March 12, 2013ATCO Electric has awarded a contract to Valard Construction, a subsidiary of Quanta Services company, to install transmission infrastructure for the Eastern Alberta Transmission Line (EATL) project in Canada.
BPA awards USD260 million HVDC contract to ABB
February 6, 2013Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has awarded a USD260 million contract to Swiss engineering company ABB Limited to upgrade the 40 year-old Celilo high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Oregon.
Latin America
Mexican CFE awards contract to CYMI
May 13, 2013Mexico's national power utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has awarded the Northeast Distribution Phase II project to Control y Montajes Industriales (CYMI), a division of Spanish construction company Grupo ACS for USD11 million.
Ventyx signs USD6.5 million contract with Ecuadorian companies
May 6, 2013Ventyx, a subsidiary of ABB, has signed a USD6.5 million deal with Transelectric, the transmission arm of Ecuador’s power generation company Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (Celec) and the country’s National Energy Control Center (Cenac), to provide solutions to manage the Ecuadorian wholesale electricity market.
ABB receives EUR11 million contract from Brazilian company
May 3, 2013ABB, the Swiss-Swedish power and automation company, has received a EUR11 million contract by Brazilian power supplier AES Eletropaulo to install circuit breakers and instrument transformers in substations in Greater São Paulo in the next five years.
AF Espana and IDB sign USD1 million contract for Andean link study
April 12, 2013AF Espana, a Spanish consultancy firm, has signed a USD1 million worth contract with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to study the viability of power grid interconnections in the Andean region.
Asia Pacific
India’s POWERGRID awards INR3.73 billion equipment contract
May 8, 2013India’s state-owned power utility Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has awarded a contract worth around INR3.73 billion to Hindustan Vidyut Products Limited (HVPL), a leading manufacturer of power equipment, for supply of conductor packages for the 800 kV Champa–Kurukshetra transmission line.
Indian POWERGRID awards INR3.7 billion transmission contracts
May 3, 2013India’s biggest transmission network developer Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has awarded contracts worth INR3.7 billion to domestic and international suppliers.
French cable maker Nexans wins EUR11 million order in China
April 22, 2013French cable manufacturer Nexans has won a contract worth EUR11 million Euro from China’s largest power transmission company State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) to supply a high voltage power cable system.
India’s state utility awards INR2.96 billion contract to Transformers and Rectifiers
April 22, 2013India’s leading transformer manufacturing company Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Limited has won a contract worth INR2.96 billion from the state-owned power utility Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation (GETCO) for supply of 292 transformers.
Europe
Alstom Grid wins EUR5 million contracts in Poland
May 15, 2013Alstom Grid has won two contracts worth EUR5 million from Poland’s Eltel Networks Rzeszów S.A. for the supply of 110 kV and 220 kV gas-insulated switchgears (GIS) in Poland.
Norway’s Eltek to supply equipment for South-West Link in Sweden [free access]
May 15, 2013Norway-based Eltek has won a contract from Alstom Grid for supply of power equipment for high voltage direct current (HVDC) substations in Sweden. Eltek would provide chargers, inverters and batteries for the South-West Link project.
SSE’s subsidiary signs HV substations’ agreement with ABB-BBES consortium
May 5, 2013Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission Plc, a subsidiary of UK-based power generation company SSE Plc (formerly known as Scottish Southern Energy), has signed a five-year agreement with a consortium of ABB and Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) for supply of high voltage (HV) substations.
UK’s National Grid awards contracts for GBP650 million substation package
May 3, 2013National Grid, UK’s transmission system operator (TSO), has awarded five contracts worth GBP650 million for the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) framework.
Middle East & Africa
Spain’s Abengoa wins EUR32 million transmission line order in Kenya
May 15, 2013Spanish engineering group Abengoa has won an order worth EUR32 million from the state-owned Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) for the construction of a 132 km long transmission line and extension of a substation.
Saudi NCC bags contracts worth AED850 million from UAE’s FEWA
May 13, 2013UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) has awarded two contracts worth AED850 million to Saudi National Contracting Company Limited (NCC).
Spanish Iberdrola bags EUR114.5 million contract in South Africa
May 9, 2013Iberdrola Engineering has secured a contract worth EUR114.5 million for the construction of a 96 MW Jasper photovoltaic (PV) plant and associated transmission network in South Africa.
Siemens wins high voltage substation contract in Abu Dhabi
May 1, 2013German equipment major Siemens has won a turnkey contract from the Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), which is the owner of Abu Dhabi's power generation and transmission grid, to supply a high voltage grid substation at Mirfa in Abu Dhabi.