Areva claimed that this contract is one of the biggest to been recently awarded in the Indian power distribution industry.

Areva will design and manufacture a 66kV substation which will supply the new Terminal-3, currently in construction to be ready for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi.

Michel Augonnet, executive vice president for the systems business unit of Areva Transmission and Distribution (T&D) comments: With this success, Areva T&D gains a strong reference in airport modernization, which puts us in a favorable position to capture other similar projects in the future.