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❍ Abengoa’s headquarters in Calle Energia Solar in Seville, Spain.
Photograph courtesy of Abengoa
$69m deal for two
transmission lines
ABENGOA has been awarded its first concessions project for
two electricity transmission lines in India, as well as operating
and maintaining 134km of lines in India for a 25-year period.
The project is worth a total of $69 million. Construction is
expected to begin at the end of 2014, with an estimated
completion time of 38 months from the awarding of the
project.
The first concession is a 400kV line covering 113.7km, of
which 4.4km is underground, connecting Dahej with the city
of Vadodara.
The second line will have a 220kV capacity and be 20.62km
long, running between the district of Bhestan and the city of
Navsari. Both lines are located in the state of Gujarat and will
provide energy to the Vadodara and Navsari districts.
Abengoa has carried out numerous projects in India and was
recently awarded a contract for a 400km 800kV high voltage
line. The company has constructed more than 25,000km of
lines around the world over the last ten years.
India
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