Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has awarded a strategic contract worth 140 million euros to an Italian cable maker Prysmian for the development of the first ever submarine cable turnkey project serving Doha City. The installation will start in 2009 and is slated for completion at the end of 2010. The new agreement follows the 168m euro contract recently secured by a Prysmian led group for the construction of a high voltage underground cable system. This highlights the strategic role Prysmian is playing in the Middle East as a major utilities partner for the current power transmission network expansion program. Among other projects, Prysmian is currently involved in the construction of the submarine power connection between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, with the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA). The cable will be manufactured in Arco Felice in Italy where Prysmian's submarine cable plant is located. Qatar continues to invest in the country's infrastructure and this project is representative of the new stage of its Power Transmission Expansion to continue building up the main transmission networks for power supply to industrial and domestic sectors.
