Siemens Energy announced in a statement that it has awarded a major contract to supply the power to more than 30,000 homes in ROSHN first residential community in Riyadh,
The ROSHN’s residential Project is spans across 20 million square meters.
ROSHN’s Riyadh community will comprise of mosques, shops, cafes, parks, schools, and leisure and entertainment facilities.
It is the first of many communities to be developed by ROSHN, a PIF Company.
The grid project will boost transmission capacity and feed power to the new integrated urban community project.
Siemens Energy will provide engineering, supply, construction, installation, and commissioning of grid stations which connect the residential community to the Saudi National Grid.
“This contract will enable Siemens Energy to create more jobs for Saudi talents and will provide homes to meet the needs of Saudi families. One of our main values as Siemens Energy is to care for the communities where we live and so it is an honor for us to be able to contribute to such a great project,” said Mahmoud Sulaimani, Managing Director of Siemens Energy in Saudi Arabia.
“Siemens Energy will help deliver electricity to this sustainable urban community, ensuring the safety, reliability and security of the power supplies to resident and visitors,” said Mahmoud Hanafy, Vice President, Grid Stabilization, Middle East. “The project reiterates our commitment to enable more resilient, reliable and greener power grids.”
Siemens Energy will break ground on the project in July 2021.
Work is expected to be energized by May 2023 and completed by August 2023.
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