Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend S. Aliyev / By the end of this month, Azerbaijan's Azerenerji JSC intends to sign an agreement with the French AREVA company which won the tender on the realization of the second stage of the SCADA project, a source in Azerenerji stated.
The French company will assist in bringing sixty high-voltage substations in Azerbaijan up to conformity with SCADA standards. These measures will be carried out within three years. The company will repair transformers and other equipment in the substations. In addition, the company will connect all stations to three dispatcher centres established in Azerenerji within the first stage of the SCADA project.
The total value of the project is estimated at $55mln, with $47mln to be allotted by the WB and $8mln by Azerbaijan. On 17 May 2005, the WB's Board of Directors approved the first credit on the conditions of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The project provides for the introduction of the SCADA system into all Azerbaijani regions.