Siemens consortium bags Rs 1570 cr Qatar power order

A consortium of Siemens India and Siemens AG, Germany, has received a Rs 1,570 crore order from Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) to develop a power transmission network in Qatar.

It is the largest export order as well as one of the largest orders for Siemens. Kahramaa is the central authority of the government of Qatar for power transmission and water. After a competitive bid, the Siemens consortium won the contract to be executed over a period of 22 months.

The turnkey project includes setting up of 16 high-voltage substations of varying voltages "� 66 kVs, 132 kVs and 220 kVs "� and approximately 600 km of high-voltage cabling. The scope of work also involves modification of three substations.

Siemens AG will provide the necessary project management skills and support to India. The work will primarily be in and around the capital of Doha.

Harminder Singh, director-in-charge of Energy business, Siemens, said, "We are happy to be a partner in development of Qatar Transmission Network. This is a very prestigious order for Siemens wherein all variety of Siemens products would be utilised for completing these projects. Siemens has also shown a constant growth in the domestic transmission and distribution (T&D) business and plans to increase its role further in India."

Siemens' power T&D division in India provides products, systems and solutions in the area of medium-voltage and high-voltage switchgear, medium-voltage switchboards, high-voltage substations, production systems and substation automation, and power system control and energy management systems.