Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 25

21-June-2004

SUDAN

ABB Awarded Merowe Dam Power Contract By Chinas Harbin

ABB signed a contract worth $16mn for a power transmission project relating to Sudans Merowe Dam hydroelectric scheme. The company won the contract from Chinas Harbin Power Engineering, which earlier this year won the second stage development contract for the $1.7bn project (MEES, 26 April). The Merowe hydroelectric power station, approximately 400km north of Khartoum, is connected...