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29 January 2004 - Areva's Transmission and Distribution division (T&D) has recently won two turnkey contracts with Algerian utility Sonelgaz totalling over €32m ($40m). These substantial contracts, the latest two of four awarded to T&D in Algeria in the past 18 months, are part of the country's on-going electrical network improvement program.
Under the scope of the first contract, T&D will entirely refurbish the El Aouinet and Ramdane Djamel high-voltage substations (220/90kV and 60kV), located in the eastern part of the country, and install and commission new 220kV air-insulated and 90kV and 60kV gas-insulated switchgear. Services and equipment provided will also include complete turnkey engineering, monitoring systems, MiCOM protection relays, PACiS digital control systems and an e-terra SCADA system. Thanks to Areva's expertise in rehabilitation and services, the project will be carried out in a very short amount of time thus minimizing the outages for Sonelgaz.
Under the second contract, T&D will supply local dispatching centres, based on the e-terracontrol software system, and remote terminal units for substations situated in the Algiers, Oran, Annaba and Setif coastal districts. In addition, T&D will provide power line carrier devices, teleprotection devices and line matching units.
Hugues Barbier, Regional Vice-President for Areva's T&D division said: "We have won four large-scale contracts in Algeria in the past 18 months after a long period of absence. These successes confirm our new-found presence on the country's T&D
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