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| ABB awarded $50 million contract for Mexican power project  Swiss engineering firm ABB said it has won contracts worth $50 million for two projects to strengthen Mexico's power supply. The contracts awarded by Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the Mexican state-owned utility, will enlarge the transmission and distribution network in different parts of the country. One project will involve ABB assembling and installing six 400 kilovolt (kV) air-insulated substations and other high-voltage equipment in the northern and south-eastern states of Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Coahuila, Veracruz and Zacatecas. The project is expected to be completed by April 2008.For the other project, ABB will supply 115 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) to a substation in the state of Oaxaca. An accelerated process will ensure that the substation is completed in 13 months. The project also includes the construction and installation of power reactors at 1.8 megavolt amperes (MVA) and a 30-kilometer extension to a 115 kV transmission line. Equipment and components for both projects will be provided by ABB factories in Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Sweden and Switzerland. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |