Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract worth US$34.2mn by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) to build a turnkey 132 kV/33 kV high voltage substation.
Power Generation
Alstom commissions gas-insulated substation in Kuwait
Alstom Grid and Al-Rashed Holdings have installed and commissioned the fourth 300 kV turnkey substation in Kuwait.
Dubai to decide on energy investments this year
Dubai is likely to decide on its multi-billon dollar energy investment strategy, including possible investments abroad, by the end of this year, a senior official of the Gulf emirates supreme energy council said recently.
Bahrain looks at 21 power stations in 2012
Bahrain will build 21 power plants across the country this year at a total cost of US$439mn, the countrys Energy Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza stated.
Iran could export electricity to UAE, Qatar, Oman
Iran could export as much as US$2 billion worth of electricity to the UAE, Qatar and Oman, a senior Iranian energy minister stated.