Verbund Austrian Hydro Power AG awarded a contract to Siemens AG Osterre-ich Automation und Drives to supply switchgear for an extension of the 63-MW Hieflau project. Siemens' Austrian unit is to design, produce, supply, install, and start up switchgear for two 3.8-MW pump drives. Israel's Solel Boneh International signed a US$200 million contract to plan and construct the 85-MW Palo Viejo project in Guatemala. The Guatemalan unit of Italian utility Enel announced plans in 2008 to develop Palo Viejo. Construction is to require 32 months. India engineering firm Angelique International is to build two hydropower projects in Cameroon as part of an aid package worth 125 billion Central French Africa francs (US$251.5 million). Export-Import Bank of India is to lend the money to Cameroon. Angelique is due to start work in July. Vietnam's Cavico Hydropower Construction received a US$9.8 million construction contract from Song Giang 2 Hydropower Joint Stock Co. for the 37-MW Song Giang 2 hydroelectric project on Vietnam's Song Giang River. Cavico is to construct a 3, 900-meter headrace tunnel, two total 650-meter sub-tunnels, and a 42-meter-tall surge tank.
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