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DOING BUSINESS
Two projects known as “MEW 06 Jaber
Al Ahmed City”
and “Jamal Abdel Nasser
Street” were awarded to Prysmian directly
by MEW, the Kuwait Minister for Electricity
& Water, and by ROBT, a joint venture of
Rizzani de Eccher-OHL, under a larger-
scope contract with the Kuwait Ministry of
Works, on behalf of the same MEW as end-
user. Project MEW 06 is part of the Kuwait
power transmission system expansion
Prysmian Group will supply 210 km of high voltage underground
cables for power transmission expansion projects.
Prysmian boasts a leadership positioning
in strategic regions such as the Middle
East, where it can rely on a number of
completed or ongoing projects. They
include the first-ever submarine power
transmission link serving Doha, and more
recently the Phase XI underground cable
system in Qatar, the GCC Saudi-Bahrain
submarine interconnection and the 400 kV
power transmission system for TRANSCO
connecting the Bahia and Saadiyat Grid
Stations in Abu Dhabi.
Strongly positioned
in a strategic area
Two new major orders awarded in Kuwait
plan aimed at strengthening the main
transmission networks and at securing
power supplies to the industrial and
residential sectors in the country. Project
Jamal is part of the substantial upgrade
of one of the main traffic arteries in the
middle of Kuwait City to the status of an
Express Way and involves the diversion of
a high voltage underground line.
The contracts cover design, engineering,
The second link across the Dardanelles
awarded to the Group will complement the
interconnection that Prysmian is currently
executing along the same route, under a
first contract awarded by the Turkish Grid
Operator in September 2012, and will play
a strategic role in completing Turkey’s
power transmission grid.
It will also ensure reliable and cost-
effective power flow from the Asian
generation sites to the country’s European
main consumption centres, including the
congested Istanbul area and the region
around the Marmara Sea.
The new contract is worth around €64
million
and includes the design, supply,
installation and commissioning of the
Prysmian secured a €64 million contract by the Turkish Utility TEIAS.
Prysmian Group boasts a successful history
in the development of submarine cable
milestone projects in the Mediterranean
region, such as Italy-Greece, Spain-Morocco
I and II, Sardinia-Italian Peninsula, Iberian
Peninsula-Mallorca (Romulo) and, last but
not least, the Dardanelles interconnection.
The Group is also moving ahead with a
major investment programme to expand
production capabilities in its plants based
in Finland at Pikkala and Italy at Arco Felice.
Long-standing track
record in the Mediterranean
Second submarine link across the Dardanelles
second high voltage submarine power
cable link between Europe and Asia across
the strait.
The first Dardanelles link, carried out
successfully, represented a milestone in
the cable industry as it is one of the first
AC 380 Kv submarine links using XLPE
insulated cables in the world.
The link features a double AC power
transmission circuit of approximately
4km with a rating of 1000 MW for each
circuit between the substations of Lapseki
(Asian side) and Sütlüce (European side).
The 380 kV XLPE insulated cables will be
manufactured in Prysmian’s production unit
based in Pikkala in Finland. Commissioning
is scheduled for the first half of 2016.
procurement,
construction,
installation
and
commissioning
services
of
HV
underground cable systems for a total of
210 km of 132 kV cable and related network
components for both projects that will be
implemented by the Group’s established
offices in the Kuwait. Installation will start
in 2015 with completion planned for 2016.
