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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2014

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Industry

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PRYSMIAN Group has been awarded a

major new order for approximately

€80m for power transmission system

expansion projects by Kahramaa, the

Qatar General Electricity and Water

Corporation.



The contract comprises engineering,

procurement, construction, installation

and commissioning services for extra

high voltage underground cable

systems for a total of 173km of 220kV

cable

and

related

network

components, as part of the stage 2 of

Phase XI of the Qatar Power

Transmission

System

Expansion

project aimed at strengthening the

main transmission networks and at

securing power supplies to the

industrial and residential sectors.

The upgrade also includes replacement

of an overhead line with an underground

cable system.The project will be

implemented by the group’s established

offices in Qatar, using production from

Gron (France) and Livorno (Italy).

Installation of the first circuits will start in

2014 and the scheduled completion date

is during 2016.


In addition to providing further

confirmation of the validity of the

group’s know-how and technologies

for application in underground power

transmission, this new project also

underlines Prysmian’s leadership role

in a strategic region like the Middle

East, where the group can rely on a

number of projects completed or

currently ongoing, including the

first-ever

submarine

power

transmission link serving Doha, the

GCC

Saudi-Bahrain

submarine

interconnection and the 400kV power

transmission system for Transco

connecting the Bahia and Saadiyat

Grid Stations in Abu Dhabi.

The group has also been awarded a

contract for the interconnection of the

Zakum offshore oil field in Abu Dhabi.

Prysmian Group – Italy

Website

:

www.prysmiangroup.com

€80m Qatar contract for Prysmian

Optic fibre deal from BSNL

Vedanta group company Sterlite Technologies Ltd has won contracts from

Bharat Sanchar Nigam to supply optic fibre cables for a communications

network for India’s armed forces. Sterlite is among the chief suppliers for the

60,000km optic fibre network that will be at the heart of the defence ministry’s

future telecom backbone. The armed forces will migrate all their

communication needs to this alternate optic fibre network.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam – India

Website

:

www.bsnl.co.in