Aberdeen-headquartered Wood has won a $990million (£640million) framework contract from the US government to help provide power in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The five-year agreement will see Wood provide the U.S Agency for Interational Development with technical consulting services.
The Power Africa project aims to expand electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, where two out of three people lack access to power.
It is a partnership between the U.S and African governments, the private sector and a number of international organisations.
The goal is to increase power capacity by 30,000 megawatts and create 60 million new connections to double access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
Ann Massey, CEO of Wood’s Environment and Infrastructure Solutions business, said: ““This contract recognizes Wood as a top-tier provider of global technical and consulting services and advances our strategy to increase our power delivery portfolio with large-scale synergy wins. ]
“We look forward to working with USAID to help countries develop new resources sustainably to provide greater access to power.”
The contract was awarded to Amec Foster Wheeler, which joined with Wood Group last year to form Wood.
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