Qatar taps ABB for Dohaland project power
Power and automation technology group ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation, the electricity and water operator in Qatar, to build two underground substations to help meet increasing residential and commercial demand for power in the capital city of Doha.
The substations will be practically invisible to the public and form part of the first phase of Musheireb, the key project of Dohaland, which is a subsidiary of the Qatar Foundation for education, science and community development. The Musheireb project will be executed in five stages and aims to reconstruct and restore a 35-hectare area in Doha’s old city centre. It will include an underground pedestrian area, car parks as well as historic and new buildings.
ABB will design, supply, install and commission two 66-kilovolt gas-insulated switchgear substations as well as transformers, 11-kilovolt metal-clad air-insulated switchgear and cables. The substations will be equipped with ABB automation systems and the latest generation of protection and control products. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012.
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