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Zawya
19-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Linxon awarded new 400 kV grid station for Industrial City of Abu Dhabi
The Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD) is a significant industrial area in the UAE housing several factories and a port. In line with TAQA Transmission's long-term strategy for grid development, ICAD-4 will be one of the stations constructed to support the retirement of Sas Al Nakheel generation plant and to meet the increasing load requirement of Abu Dhabi's mega projects underway. Linxon scope of supply includes a 400 kV GIS switchgear, a 220 kV GIS, a 33 kV GIS, 500 MVA power transformers, along with control and protection, Substation Control and Monitoring System (SCMS), Telecom and LDC Integration and all associated civil construction, firefighting, and MEP works on EPC turnkey basis. The ICAD-4 power substation commission date is planned for 2028. 'The new awarded substation builds on Linxon's long time experience in the region and supports our goals of developing infrastructure to help cities grow and communities expand', said Hassan Merhi, Managing Director for Linxon Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. For more information, please contact: Kristina Holmström Matses Head of Communications About Linxon Founded in 2018, Linxon combines AtkinsRéalis' project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's industry-leading technological knowledge in a partnership forming a leading engineering company. Linxon is delivering the infrastructure that people rely on every day - to realize the energy transition and power a carbon-free planet. We offer turnkey substation and electrification solutions for power generation, transportation, battery energy storage systems, and data centers.
Iraqi News
05-02-2025
- Business
- Iraqi News
Iraq contracts Linxon to repair electrical substations in Baghdad and Diyala
Baghdad ( – Switzerland-based Linxon was recently given a contract by Iraq for repairing three power transmission substations in the country's capital, Baghdad, and Diyala. The agreements were signed by Riyad Uraibi Muklf, General Director of the General Company for Electrical Energy Transmission in the Middle Region, and Hassan Merhi, Managing Director of Linxon in the Middle East and Asia Pacific region. There are two stations in Baghdad and one in the province of Diyala. Linxon will be modernizing the protection and control systems as well as the machinery and systems utilized in the three stations. The overall transmission capacity of the stations is 400 kV. AtkinsRéalis and Hitachi Energy jointly own Linxon, a company that specializes in electrical AC substation construction.
