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News Release from: Honeywell Control Systems
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Team on 16 August 2000
Automation renovation for Egyptian power
plants
Honeywell and the Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA) signed contracts for the total automation renovation by Honeywell of two EEA power generation plants in Egypt.
Honeywell and the Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA) signed contracts for the total automation renovation by Honeywell of two EEA power generation plants in Egypt The value of the two contracts is US$28.5 million
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The contracts, won by the Honeywell Global Solutions Business team supported by Honeywell Egypt, cover the upgrade of the controls at the Abu Qir and Abu Sultan 600 Mwe power generation plants.
The scope of the contracts includes distributed control systems, emergency shutdown, burner management, field instrumentation, engineering, configuration, power generation applications, installation and commissioning.
"Honeywell is committed to growing its presence in the global power generation industry, and the Egyptian energy sector represents an excellent opportunity for us," said Giannantonio Ferrari, Honeywell's Chief Operating Officer.
Honeywell is a leading provider of automation solutions and power generation equipment for the growing global power generation and industrial energy market.
The company focuses on delivering innovative, value-based power generation solutions and services for superior economic benefits.
The solution portfolio covers the range of products and services included in the Egypt projects and also encompasses industrial gas turbines and the new Parallon 75 TurboGenerator for the emerging distributed power generation market.
The two EEA projects are financed by a grant from the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID) and are managed by PSSG Parsons.
USAID has provided an average of $815 million annually to Egypt.
Since 1979, this money has successfully provided the resources necessary to improve life all across Egypt.
The signing ceremony in Ismalia was attended by His Excellency Dr.Ali El-Seaidi, Minister of Electricity and Energy; Mr Daniel C.
Kurtzer, US Ambassador to Egypt; Mr Raouf Yousseff, Chief of the USAID Mission; and Mr T.
Mustafa Swedan, EEA Chairman.
Honeywell representatives present included Mr Giannantonio Ferrari, Honeywell Chief Operating Officer, Mr Lammert Hielema, Honeywell Middle East Vice President, Mr Gamal Edwar, Honeywell Egypt General Manager and Doug Frater, Honeywell General Manager Global Solutions Business.
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