#Saudi Arabia

Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed to set up a jointly-owned company that will look at linking their power grids.

Prysmian Group has completed the manufacturing of cables for a submarine power interconnection between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

The NEOM-Yanbu HVDC transmission system will provide power connection from the Yanbu region to the NIC.

India’s KEC International has won $138 M Saudi NEOM power contract.

The Korean firm will supply transformers and other substation equipment for the Saudi Arabian smart city of Neom.

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Commerce and Industry Minister of Saudi Arabia, has inaugurated Saudi Power Transformer Company (SPTC).

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) has signed a contract for an upgrade of an HVDC converter station in Saudi Arabia.

Oman’s Voltamp Power SAOC has partnered with GCC Electrical Testing Laboratories to collaborate in providing power transformer services.

Acwa Power and the Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel), of Saudi Arabia, have signed power purchase agreements to develop a 2.1 GW solar PV plant.

Egypt: Egypt-based Al Babtain Power and Telecommunication Company – Egypt, signed a contract valued at $24 M with Elsewedy Electric T&D.

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has announced obtaining a $567.5 M credit facility.

Saudi Arabia, Jeddah: The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) has opened a research centre in search of low-carbon solutions for the energy industry.

Saudi Arabia: Linxon has won three orders worth $62 M from the Saudi Electricity Company to deliver expansion projects across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia: Alfanar Construction has been awarded a $175 M contract to build a 380 kV substation and expand three existing 380 kV substations.

Saudi Arabia, Makkah: Masar Makkah, a $27 B mega project under development in the city, is advancing work with new deal for its power requirements.

Saudi Arabia: Linxon has won an order from Samsung C&T in Saudi Arabia to engineer, procure and construct a 380 kV substation.

Saudi Arabia: The project will be procured under a build, own and operate (BOO) model.

Egypt, Cairo: A consortium of Hitachi Power Grids, SSEM and Orascom Construction has been awarded contracts for high-voltage substations and transmission lines.

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Saudi Electricity Company has developed distribution transformers from 231/133 V to 400/230 V, for both primary voltage 33 and 13.8 kV.

Saudi Arabia: Larsen & Toubro has bagged a turnkey order for construction of a power substation in Saudi Arabia, the engineering conglomerate said in a release.

Siemens Energy has announced strengthening of the transmission network in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh.

India, Mumbai: The renewables arm of Larsen & Toubro’s power transmission & distribution business has secured a turnkey EPC contract.

Saudi Arabia’s oil giant still plans to pay $75bn (£57bn) to its shareholders this year, even as the impact of the COVID-19 caused its profits to plummet.

Bahri Logistics completed the shipment of mobile stations with a voltage of 132 kV and 110 kV and a capacity of 67 MVA for Saudi Electricity Company (SEC).