SWCC governor Abdulrahman M Al Ibrahim and Samsung Engineering president and CEO Park Ki Seok during the signing of the Yanbu Power plant contract. (Image source: Samsung Engineering)
Samsung Engineering and consortium partners Al Toukhi and Shanghai Electric have signed a US$3bn contract with Saudi Arabia?s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) for the construction of the Yanbu Power Plant Phase 3 project
ABB has won a new contract worth US$7mn from the Mazoon Electricity Company to improve grid reliability in Oman
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended the inauguration ceremony of the thermal power plant. (Image source: Jos? Cruz/Wikimedia Commons)
The largest thermal power plant in the Middle East, with a generation capacity of 2.8GW, has been officially inaugurated in Pakdasht, Iran
Harmonic filters are a key component of the SVC systems. (Image source: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation).
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has received an order worth US$55mn from Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) for two large Static VAR Compensator (SVC) systems
Qatar will seek tenders for a 1,800MW solar energy plant in 2014, according to the local organiser of the UN Climate Change Conference COP 18, which is currently taking place in Doha
