DOHA: Qatar General Electri-city and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) signed a contract worth QR395m yesterday with a consortium led by Siemens AG, Germany. .
The contract is for the construction and expansion of a number of substations under Qatar Transmission System Expansion: Phase V (substations)-GTC/13/2003.
Kahramaa Vice Chairman Issa S Al Ghanim signed the contract with Joachim Volk, Director Projects, Asia and Australia, High voltage Substations, Siemens AG, Germany. Kahramaa was also represented at the signing ceremony by Director of Technical Affairs Badr M Al Sada and Manager of Electricity Projects Ahmad A al Abdulla. A K Dixit, General Manager, Power Transmission and Distribution, Siemens Ltd, India; Joachim Kokott, Project Manager, Siemens AG and Peter Hall, Head of Projects Operations, VA Tech, UK were also present during the signing ceremony.
A release yesterday said the project consists of construction of six new substations in Doha - The 220/66/11kV Abu Hamour North Substation, the 220/66/11kV Doha Central Substation, the 132/66/11kV Maither Central Substation, the 132/66/11kV Duhail Substation, the 66/11kV Ali Bin Abi Thalib Street, 66/11kV Substation and expansion and modification work on a number of other substations.
These substations will be completed by March 2006 and will cater to the large power requirements of Kahramaa for the Doha-2006 Asian Games.
Siemens is already executing the transmission network reinforcements related to Ras Abu Aboud Power and Desal-ination Station Project (GTC/-30/2002) for Kahramaa.
Siemens is a world leader in power, telecom, medical, electrical and electronics business and is involved in power transmission and distribution projects in the voltage class ranging from 33 to 800 kV AC and complex systems of high voltage direct current (HVDC) and flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS), the release added.
A K Dixit said Siemens was "extremely happy" to be associated with this prestigious project and looked forward to a fruitful association with Kahramaa in developing a modern transmission and distribution network for Qatar.
© The Peninsula 2004
