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| ABB wins $450 million order in Qatar  ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a $450 million contract from Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation - Kahramaa - to support the country's rapid growth by expanding the power transmission system. The contract scope includes three substations and a telecommunication package for Qatar's Phase VII grid expansion project, a countrywide effort to increase power in areas of high growth, where electricity demand is greatest. The order will be booked in the fourth quarter of 2006.ABB is scheduled to energize the substations in the first half of 2008. It's the latest in a series of recent ABB orders in the region, and the biggest transmission and distribution substations order ABB has ever received. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |