VOL. XLI

No. 17

27-April-1998

UAE

Bechtel/Hitachi Win Tawilah B Power/Desalination Contract

The Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority has awarded a consortium comprisingBechtel of the US and Hitachi Zosen of Japan a $356mn contract to expand the Tawilah Bpower and desalination plant in Abu Dhabi. Under the contract Bechtel will install threeturbines (two gas and one back-pressure steam) with a combined generating capacity of 308megawatts at a cost of $188mn. Hitachi will build three...