Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy systems and telecom cables industry, has been awarded two new major orders for a total value of more than €50 million ($56.9 million) for power transmission system expansion projects in Kuwait.

The contracts are for the Jaber Al Ahmed City project, awarded directly by Kuwait's Ministry for Electricity and Water (MEW) and Jamal Abdel Nasser Street project, awarded by ROBT (JV), a joint venture of Rizzani de Eccher-OHL, under a larger scope contract with Kuwait Ministry of Works (MoW) on behalf of MEW as end-user.

The Jaber Al Ahmed City project is part of Kuwait's power transmission system expansion plan aimed at strengthening the main transmission networks and at securing power supplies to the industrial and residential sectors in the country.

The Jamal Abdel Nasser Street scheme is part of the substantial upgrade of one of the main traffic artery in the middle of Kuwait City to the status of an expressway and involves the diversion of a high-voltage (HV) underground line.

The contracts comprise design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning services of HV underground cable systems involving 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 planned completion during 2016.

"These awards reflect MEW’s trust in Prysmian's capabilities to meet the increasing needs for the development of new power grids in this strategic area,” said Antonio Chiantore, general manager for Prysmian Group in the Middle East.

“Since 1980, we have been supplying and installing a large portion of the fluid-filled insulated HV cable systems within the MEW power transmission grid in Kuwait and we are very proud to deliver these new projects.” – TradeArabia News Service