20 GAS POWER PLANTS


New gas-powered plant for Saudi Arabia - SEC’s new Waad Al-Shamal site


Full commercial operations have begun at the Waad Al-Shamal plant, which partially depends on solar power to generate electricity, reports the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). This reflects some of its key efforts to support economic and development projects and industrial areas throughout the Kingdom, reports MEP.


the new Waad Al-Shamal power plant, which operates on natural gas, is now operational. The new power plant will


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play a strategic role in linking the region with Egypt and Europe in the future. Al-Shiha said that the SEC


has invested more than US$1bn in the power plant which is equipped with mirrors that generate electricity using solar power. It has also invested in


establishing transfer stations, air- and ground-based transmission lines to supply Waad Al-Shamal and its industrial projects with power. This has helped to complete the electrical grid in the north of Saudi Arabia and complete


EC CEO Ziad bin Mohammed Al-Shiha has confirmed that


“Modern gas unit technologies contribute to reducing carbon and nitrogen-oxide emissions, therefore reducing pollution, increasing efficiency and producing 50MW of electric power through concentrated solar power.”


links with all electrical networks in the Kingdom. The new power plant relies


on the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project, modern gas unit technologies which contribute to reducing carbon and nitrogen-oxide emissions, therefore reducing pollution, increasing efficiency


Middle East Power September 2018 www.gmp.uk.com


and producing 50MW of electric power through concentrated solar power. The company is also keen to


save four million barrels of equivalent fuel during its operation. Al-Shiha added: “After


signing contracts in 2014 to supply, install, test and operate four generators with a total capacity of 1,204MVA, 61 dividers, two capacitors and a reactor, the plant is now


operational with a total capacity of 1,390MW.” Al-Shiha confirmed that the


electrical projects in the area will contribute to developing the northern border area, where major reserves of crude phosphate abound. In another ‘first’, the Waad Al-Shamal power plant includes the first locally-made turbine by GE in The Kingdom www.se.com.


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