Power and automation technology group ABB has won orders worth around US$120mn from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) to supply transformers and increase capacity
Power Generation
Caterpillar and Altaaqa Global sign power deal
Caterpillar has entered into an international power projects (IPP) agreement with Saudi Arabia-based Zahid Groups subsidiary company Altaaqa Global
UAE targets 25 per cent of energy from nuclear by 2020

By 2020, UAE is expecting nuclear power to account for as much as 25 per cent of its electricity. (Image source: cplbasilisk/Flickr)
The UAE has revealed plans to draw 25 per cent of its power from nuclear energy by 2020, as the country looks to reduce its domestic reliance on fossil fuels and ensure it has enough oil to export
Avantha Group awarded US$60 million Iraq power project

Avantha Group will design, manufacture, deliver and install the substations. (Image source: Salim Virji/Flickr)
Avantha Group has been awarded a US$60mn contract for the turnkey construction of four high-voltage GIS substations by the Electrical Transmission Project Office of the Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Iraq
Sohar 2 and Barka 3 to add more than 1500MW to Oman?s power grid

The two power plants are expected to add over 1500MW power to Omans grid and meet steep power demands in summers. (Image source: TheAlieness GiselaGiardino/Flickr)
Omani power plants Sohar 2 and Barka 3 will soon start commercial operations adding 744MW each to the country?s grid