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SEC Moves Ahead with Plans for two 3.5GW Gas-Fired Projects

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) is moving ahead with plans for two large gas-fired independent power producer (IPP) projects, which will be located in Taibah and Al-Qassim.

 

The projects are both scheduled to have a capacity of 3.5GW.

 

According to sources in Saudi Arabia’s power sector, consultancy firms recently submitted bids for the financial advisory role on the planned IPP projects.

 

SEC first planned to develop a large project in Taiba in 2015, initially as a 3,780MW integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) project. The project had been tendered as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, with a separate original equipment manufacturer (OEM) contractor to be appointed.

 

However, the tender was cancelled as the kingdom switched strategy back towards the independent power producer (IPP) model.

 

The last contract that SEC awarded for a major gas-fired IPP was for the 1.5GW Fadhili IPP in 2016. The project was jointly tendered by SEC and state oil company Saudi Aramco, with SEC the offtaker for electricity and Aramco the offtaker for steam and water produced by the cogeneration project.

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