VOL. XXXII

NO. 24

20-MARCH-1989

KUWAIT

Kuwait Awards Mitsubishi $1bn Contract for New Power Station

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity and Water has signed a KD304mn ($1,050mn)contract with the Japanese firm Mitsubishi for the construction of a newelectric power generation plant with a capacity of 2,400MW scheduled forcompletion in 1993. The plant is expected to meet Kuwait's electricity demand uptill the year 2000, and it will supply the new city of Subiya, which is to beconstructed as a...