AREVA T&D has been awarded a turnkey contract in Syria for the supply of two high-voltage substations. The Euro 33.5 million contract is with the Public Establishment of Electricity for Generation and Transmission.

AREVA T&D will build two entirely new 220-kV and 66-kV indoor gas-insulated substations (GIS) located in the city centers of Damascus and Aleppo, respectively. The two substations will upgrade the cities' electrical grids increasingly strained by economic and demographic development.

AREVA T&D also will supply conventional 220-kV outdoor equipment to extend the existing Sakhour, Forsan and Aleppo H substations, and to connect them to the two new substations.

Under the scope of the contract, AREVA T&D will carry out design, engineering, civil works, erection and supervision, and also will supply equipment including 18 bays of 220-kV switchgear, 26 bays of 66-kV switchgear, six 220/66-kV 125 MVA and six 66/20-kV 30 MVA power transformers, 46 cubicles of 20-kV switchgear and MiCOM protection relays.
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