Alstom Grid-Sademex joint venture got the award of  a 81 MM USD contract with the Mexican State controlled utility CFE (Comision Federal de Electricidad  ,in Spanish ) for the construction of seven electrical substations and eleven transmission lines in the Mexican states of Puebla, Veracruz and Oaxaca. Sademex (a Mexican subsidiary of the Spanish company Sadeven) and Alstom Grid will be commissioning the projects by 2013.

Once concluded, the 183 km and 11 lines new grid, will increase the electrical capacity of Mexico up to 1,000 MVA.

In addition to the power lines , the scope of the project includes the design, manufacturing and installation of seven 400 kV/115 kV substations, circuit breakers, power and control transformers , all produced by Alstom Grid.

This project is an excellent foothold for both companies to keep working with CFE in future projects for the development of the power infrastructure in Mexico .

Read the press release: http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/f1fc54f42577319b06ab52e8ee0f1ba6