Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 22

31-May-2004

UAE

Seven Firms Awarded UAE National Grid Contracts

The UAE Ministry of Electricity on 13 May awarded contracts to seven firms as part of a program to establish the UAE National Grid. The seven are: AREVA and VA Tech from France, Toshiba Mitsui (TM) T&D and Sumitomo from Japan; ABB from Sweden, Dubai-based Hyundai Consortium and Emirate Electricity Engineering. The seven will carry out different aspects of the Dh814mn ($222mn) project to...