3. IN JANUARY THIS YEAR IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT G E C TURBINE GENERATORS, WITH BABCOCK AND WILCOX AS MAIN SUB-CONTRACTORS, HAD WON A MAJOR POUNDS STERLING 100 M CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF TO 350MW GENERATING SETS FOR THE NEW CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION TO BE OPERATED BY CHINA LIGHT AND POWER AND ESSO. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ORDER FOR THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IS THE NEXT STAGE IN THE COMPANIES' MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. THE 400 KV QUOTE SUPERGRID UNQUOTE IS PLANNED EVENTUALLY TO FORM A COMPLETE LOOP LINKING THE MAJOR POPULATION CENTRES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND KOWLOON. WITH THE NEW POWER STATION, AND WILL BE FULLY INTEGRATED WITH THE UTILITY'S PRESENT 132 KV NETWORK.
4. THE NEW ORDER COVERS THE DESIGN, SUPPLY, AND INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES, UNDERGROUND SUPERTENSION CABLES, AND SUBSTATION TRANSFORMERS AND REACTORS, AS WELL AS THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO C L P BY BRITISH ELECTRICITY INTERNATIONAL, THE CONSULTANCY ARM OF THE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD. THE SUPPLY OF UK GOODS AND SERVICES ACCOUNTS FOR SOME POUNDS STERLING 55 MILLION.
NNNN
PREFIX