VOL.XXXVI

NO.49

6-SEPTEMBER-1993

UAE

AnsaldoWins Abu Dhabi Power Contract

The Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Department on 31 August

awarded a consortium led by AnsaldoofItaly-theengineeringsubsidiary of thestate owned Finmeccanica Group

- a contract for Lire 800bn ($502mn) to build apowerand desalination plant at Mirfa in Abu Dhabi with a capacity of

180megawattsand16.2mn gallons/day of water for irrigation.The new plant isscheduled forcompletionbyend-

1995.Othercompanies in the consortium are...