RP awards power projects<\/p>\n
MANILA (AFP): Thirteen foreign companies have been contracted
\nby the Philippine government to implement power interconnection
\nprojects costing more than US$318 million, the state-owned
\nNational Power Corp. (NPC) said here yesterday.<\/p>\n
The projects involve constructing submarine cables and
\noverhead transmission lines for a proposed 200-megawatt grid
\nserving the two central islands of Cebu and Leyte and a 400-
\nmegawatt grid serving Leyte and the main Philippine island of
\nLuzon, NPC president Guido Delgado said.<\/p>\n
For the Leyte-Luzon project, a consortium led by Swiss-based
\nABB Power Systems AB and Marubeni Corp. of Japan will provide and
\ninstall a converter, electrode and cable terminal stations at a
\ncost of $127.64 million.<\/p>\n
A Japanese group, composed of Nissho Iwai Corp., Kanematsu
\nCorp., FujiKura Ltd. and Hitachi Cable Ltd. will install a
\nportion of the submarine cable, which will carry power from a
\nplant in Leyte to Luzon substations, at a cost of $68.24 million.<\/p>",
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