Saudi Energy has signed an agreement with Expo 2030 Riyadh Company to build dedicated electricity supply infrastructure for the event
Saudi Energy, formerly Saudi Electricity Company, has named four contractors that will deliver electricity infrastructure for the Expo 2030 Riyadh site.
The local Al-Babtain, Haif Company, Alfanar and Trading & Development Partnership (TDP) will construct several substations and connect them to the national grid under an agreement signed between Saudi Energy and Expo 2030 Riyadh Company (ERC).
Saudi Electricity Projects Development Company (PDC), Saudi Energy’s project development arm, will oversee implementation.
The scope includes a main 380/132kV supply station and three primary 132/13.8kV substations as well as associated electricity infrastructure.
In March, MEED reported that Saudi Energy was moving forward with procurement of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for three 132/13.8kV substations in Riyadh to support Expo 2030.
The latest agreement is understood to relate to the same substations. According to sources, nine companies submitted bids for the project in June.
These included the following local firms: Al-Babtain Contracting, Al-Gihaz Holding, Al-Haider Company, Alfanar Projects, Haif Company, Mohammed Al-Ojaimi Group, Nesma Infrastructure & Technology and Tareg Al-Jaafari Contracting Establishment.
India’s Larsen & Toubro also submitted a bid for the project.
The infrastructure will provide electricity to the Expo site ahead of the event and allow testing and trial operations to be completed before the Expo opens.
In January, the local firm Nesma & Partners won an estimated SR1bn ($267m) contract to deliver the initial infrastructure works at the Expo site.
Expo 2030 Riyadh is scheduled to take place from 1 October 2030 to 31 March 2031. The event is expected to attract about 42 million visits and will involve 197 participating countries.
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