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National Contracting to build Abu Dhabi substation to reform
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Published: 22 July 2009 11:28 GMT Author: Karin Maree More by this Author GCC
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to build a new 400kV substation at Silla in western Abu Dhabi. Copri
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Supplements The client is the Dammam-based GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA). work
Databank The contract is part of phase 3 of the GCC electricity grid interconnection scheme. This Kuwait
Banking and Finance phase will link the UAE with the four countries already interconnected under a previous phase of liberal parliam
the project, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
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NCC is also constructing a 400kV overhead transmission line between the Silla substation and
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the existing Salwa substation in Saudi Arabia, near the border with Qatar.
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The GCCIA expects to award the final contract for phase 3 of the interconnection project, by the
Economy end of August. The contract will cover the provision of protection, control and telecoms services.
Energy Author: Karin Maree. Senior Reporter
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