Utilities

Bechtel wins Egyptian nuclear power contract

The Egyptian government has chosen Bechtel Power Corp as contractor to design and consult on the country's first nuclear power plant, a statement from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy said. Bechtel offered to do the work for around E£1 billion (US$180 million) over a 10-year period. "It is expected that the company will be invited to discuss the articles of the agreement in preparation for signing the contract," the statement added. The winning company will choose the technology and the site for the reactors, ensure quality control for the project, train personnel to run the power plant, and provide other technical services until the plant starts operations, it added.

French firm wins Bahrain recycling job

French contractor Constructions Industrielles De La Mediterranee (CNIM) has won a contract for Bahrain's first recycling plant. Construction work on the US$796 million (BHD300 million) plant is expected to begin by the end of next year and is expected to take two to three years to build. The plant caused some controversy with the original development site being blocked by the local municipality over environmental concerns for residents. The contract signed between the Municipalities and Agriculture Ministry and CNIM does not stipulate a new location for the project.

Korean-led group wins US$2.5bn power plant order

A consortium led by Korea Electric Power Corp has won an order to build a US$2.5 billion thermal power plant in Saudi Arabia, the state-run utility firm said. The consortium set up by Korea Electric and Saudi Arabia's ACWA will build the 1,200-megawatt plant in Rabigh, 150 kilometres (94 miles) north of Jeddah, the Korean firm said in a statement.

Indian group wins US$257m Kuwait power contract

The Kuwait Electricity and Water Ministry has awarded a KD69.4 million US257 million) contract to India's Kalpataru Power Transmission for the supply and installation of high tension overhead lines. Kalpataru was one of eight companies invited to bid for the project, according to a ministry official. The other companies were Viscas Corporation of Singapore; Japan's J-Power Systems Corporation; South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction; Saudi Arabia's National Contracting Company and Vattenfall Transmission Company of Germany.