AREVA wins electrical network contract form PLN
Thursday, July 2 2009 - 12:01 AM WIB
The consortium formed by French firm AREVA's Transmission and Distribution division and PT Multifabrindo Gemilang, Indonesian electrical equipments contractor, has been awarded a ?120 million contract by state electricity firm PT PLN (Persero).
?Through this contract, AREVA will modernize the Indonesian network in line with the 10,000 MW Generation program launched in 2006. This turnkey contract includes delivery of several high voltage substations as well as underground electrical cables, in order to distribute power to the main Java cities (Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya),? the company said on Wednesday.
"In a highly competitive market environment, we are delighted to contribute to this major project which represents a great step towards the modernization of the Indonesian electrical network", says Michel Augonnet, Executive Vice President for the Systems business unit of AREVA T&D. (alex)