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28 March 2024

ABB bags Rabigh power contract

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ABB, the power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $48 million (Dh176.16m) from the Sepco III Electric Power Construction Corporation, a leading Chinese EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) company.

The contract is for the delivery of a substation for a new power plant in Saudi Arabia. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2009. The gas-insulated switchgear substation will facilitate the transmission of electricity from the 1200 megawatt Rabigh power plant located 150 km north of Jeddah.

This is the first IPP (Independent Power Plant) being built in the country, with private sector participation and will be developed on a build, own, operate basis. It will supply power to Saudi Electricity Company and meet the growing power needs of industrial and residential customers in the region. The project is scheduled for completion by 2011.

ABB will design, supply, install and commission the 380 kilovolt (kV) substation, which includes the gas-insulated switchgear, a range of circuit breakers including the generator circuit breaker and the control, protection and telecommunication equipment.

"ABB's technology strengths combined with extensive experience in Saudi Arabia and knowledge of the transmission and distribution network will play a key role in executing this project," said Peter Leupp, head of ABB's Power Systems division.

ABB is a leading supplier of power and automation technologies such as air- and gas-insulated substations, with more than 10,000 installed worldwide with voltage levels of up to 800 kV.

 

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