GE’s Grid Solutions business will handle the project.
GE to set up grid substation at Shuqaiq plant
01 January 2020
Global technology major GE said its renewable energy unit has been awarded a major contract by Spanish infrastructure group Acciona to deliver a turnkey grid substation to one of the world’s largest desalination plants coming up in Saudi Arabia.
Acciona is part of the consortium leading the development of the project, which includes Marubeni, Abdul Latif Jameel Commercial Development Company and Rawafid Alhadarah Holding Company.
GE Renewable Energy said its Grid Solutions business will be responsible for designing, manufacturing, construction and commissioning its solution in the Red Sea coastal city of Shuqaiq.
Through this deal with Acciona, GE will provide a 380/132 kV GIS substation, including power transformers, grid automation and telecommunication systems that will complete the electricity connection in the Shuqaiq area, providing power to the new desalination plant loads, said the company.
Shuqaiq 3, which once completed will be one of the world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination plants, will eventually produce 450,000 cu m of water, or enough to fill 180 Olympic-size swimming pools per day.
In a significant step in support of Saudi Arabia’s water infrastructure, the plant – which will be completed in 2021 – aims to provide fresh water for over 1.8 million people, it added.
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