VOL. XL

No. 5

3-February-1997

BAHRAIN

Bahrain Signs $485Mn Contract With European Consortium ForAl-Hidd Power Plant

Bahrain has signed a $485mn contract with a European consortiumcomprising Switzerland's Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Power Generation and Italy's FisaItaliampianti for the construction of a power and desalination plant located at al-Hidd onMuharraq island with a capacity of 280MW and 30mn gallons of water per day. The contractcovers the supply, installation and commissioning of two...