#Kuwait

Kuwait Oil Company has sealed an agreement with the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy to link 1 GW of renewable energy plants to the national electricity grid.

The bid evaluation for the contract is ongoing, and two companies have been confirmed as bidders.

Kuwait will be able to supply Iraq with 500 MW of electricity.

According to officials, Iraq expects its power network to be linked to Kuwait within 12-16 months while it would start receiving electricity supplies from Jordan shortly.

Larsen & Toubro has announced that one of its subsidiaries, Power Transmission & Distribution, has secured large power infrastructure orders from its prime GCC markets of UAE and Kuwait.

L&T Construction’s Power Transmission & Distribution has secured several major contracts in several regions.

Kuwait, Salmiya: Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity said that an explosion erupted at a main electrical transformer in Salmiya during periodical maintenance.

Kuwait: Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy is to award the construction contract for Al Sabah Medical District Substations project.

Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) awarded Siemens Energy a contract to provide maintenance of 116 high-voltage substations.

Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water awarded Siemens Energy a contract to provide maintenance of 116 high-voltage substations.

The Kuwait Ministry of Electricity & Water has awarded a contract to GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions for the long-term maintenance of 54 substations.

Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation has awarded a contract to Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro to replace a number of substations at Kuwait’s Al-Ahmadi oil refinery.

Iraq on Sunday signed a landmark deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council for a 300 km transmission line that would run from Kuwait to Iraq’s southern port of Faw and be financed by the GCC.