ABB has won orders worth USD 144 million from the Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Arabia’s national power operator to construct new substations and upgrade existing ones.

In addition to upgrading substations in Riyadh and Hail, ABB will be responsible for the engineering, design, supply installation and commissioning of a new 380 KV to 230 kV substation in Wasit to facilitate power supplies in the Eastern region.

It will also build the Roikbah 132 kV substation to help ensure that the Medical City in Jizan receives uninterrupted power supplies and a second 132 kV substation in Buriadah, the capital city of the Al Qassim province in central Saudi Arabia will help SEC better serve the city. ABB will also undertake the expansion of the Jizan Central and South Khamis Imshate substations.

Mr Peter Leupp head of ABB’s Power Systems division said that “These substations will further strengthen the country’s transmission and distribution grid to address growing electricity demand and serve the needs of key infrastructure establishments like medical centers and educational institutions.”

(Sourced from Trade Arabia)