It is reported that Alstom Grid has won a EUR 34 million contract to engineer and supply four 132/33/11 kV Air insulated Switchgear substations and one 132/33/11 kV Gas insulated Switchgear substation in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
Alstom said that the package award from KAR Construction & Engineering Company also includes extensions and modifications of three existing area substations within the Dohuk Governorate.
Kar Construction & Engineering Company is part of Kar Group, a local and privately owned Iraqi company having diverse interests in turnkey projects, private power plants, oil refineries, oil pipelines and vehicle insurance.
The Kurdistan Ministry of Electricity had floated several tenders under Stage 6 for substations in Erbil, Sulaymania and Dohuk Governorates, said a statement from Alstom Grid.
These substations are part of the region's ongoing efforts to keep pace with rapid economic development, by increasing both the availability and the reliability of the electrical network. It will enable the expansion of the transmission and distribution networks in the main city of Dohuk and surrounding suburbs.
Mr Grégoire Poux Guillaume president of Alstom Grid said that "This project represents an important milestone for us as we re enter Kurdistan's market with a complete range of products covering both air insulated and gas insulated switchgear solutions, critical to the infrastructure of the region's electricity network. This project underlines our continuing efforts in Iraq, including Mosul 400/132/33kV GIS substation and Khairat & Nainawa GTTP 400/132kV exit substations won in 2011."
Alstom Grid's scope of work includes engineering, equipment supply (including substation automation systems) and commissioning supervision for 132/33/11 kV Air insulated Switchgear (AIS) substations at North Dohuk (9 bays), Zakho 2 (9 bays), Bardarash (10 bays) and Kalakchi (10 bays), 132/33/11 kV Gas insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation at West Dohuk (10 bays), as well as extensions and modifications at Sarsang, Akre Centre and Zakho 1 substations.
This contract reaffirms Alstom Grid's commitment to taking an active role in the reconstruction and development of this growing region. This is the first substation project for Alstom in this region since the successful implementation of similar 132/33/11 KV substations in Erbil and Dohuk awarded to Alstom in 2002 under United Nations Development Plan for the rebuilding of northern Iraq.
The commissioning of these Dohuk substations is planned for September 2013.
Source - Trade Arabia News Service
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