Shuqaiq project to produce electricity to service 2m people

The Shuqaiq Steam Power Plant project located in Jazan province on the Red Sea coast is a 2,640 MW oil-fired steam power plant and is an example of Saudi Electricity Co.'s (SEC’s) initiatives to secure the Kingdom’s power potential for the future. The $3.3 billion plant project, already underway, will utilize supercritical pressure technology to generate electricity and to operate at extremely high steam pressure thereby significantly reducing the amount of fuel needed and the pollutants created in the process. The project is thus, estimated to produce enough electricity to service 2 million people once it is completed in 2017.
Hyundai Heavy Industries was awarded the EPC contract for the project in the summer of 2013. The equipment scope of the project also fit perfectly with EEIC’s power & automation portfolio providing weighty prospects for business.
Electronic & Electrical Industries Corp. (EEIC), a subsidiary of Abunayyan Holding, is a power and automation solutions provider based in Dammam specializing in a range of MV and LV products and services. Catering to the industrial infrastructure demands of the market, the company has shown remarkable growth in the past few years as it aggressively expands its reach.
The Shuqaiq Power Plant project therefore proved to be a great opportunity for EEIC to not only build its reputation as the “preferred power & automation solutions provider” but also to penetrate the power sector.
Elaborating further on the opportunity, Salah Nasr, Commercial Operations Director for EEIC, commented: “ The company secured an order for the design, manufacture and supply of 560+ vertical sections of metal clad 13.8 and 4.16 kV switchgears type (HMS-Hyundai Heavy Industries) therefore catapulting its advance into the power market even further.
Moreover, the contract represented a strengthening of the relationship between Hyundai Heavy Industries and EEIC, both of which signed Technical License Agreement in July 2013 to manufacture and service a complete range of MV switchgears and motor control centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The technology transfer program was subsequently completed in July 2014.”