Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) announced in a statement that, under the supervision of the Ministry of Energy, Saudi Electricity Company and Hitachi Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
The MOU is to develop ultra-high voltage DC (HVDC) technologies and use international standards and specifications in new projects in the Kingdom.
At Present, Hitachi Energy executing following HVDC Projects in Saudi Arabia:
- World’s first 3 GW, 525 kilovolt (kV) HVDC Light® transmission system connecting Oxagon, NEOM’s regional development, with the larger Yanbu area more than 650 kilometers away in Western Saudi Arabia. (read more)
- Upgrade the Al-Fadhili high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station under the GCCIA authority (read more)
- Construction of HVDC Project for Saudi Egypt interconnection (read more)
