VOL. XLVI

No 3

20-January-2003

SYRIA

ABB Wins $35Mn Contract For Six Power Substations

Switzerlands ABB announced on 7 January it had won a $35mn contract in Syria to engineer and build six high-voltage substations to upgrade the countrys power transmission network. The contract, signed with the Public Establishment of Electricity for Generation and Transmission (PEEGT), is for substations in Dera, Al-Fayha, Bebila, Telhamis, North Aleppo and Sarakeb. The substations will play an important role in...