Demand for reliable power has been growing at a rate of 10 per cent to 25 per cent a year in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq due to industrial growth, construction projects and economic development. (Image source: weasello/Flickr)
ABB has won an order worth around US$30mn from Zagros Energy to build four transmission and distribution substations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Alfanars projects include the construction of substations as well as underground cabling works in parts of Saudi Arabia. (Image source: Ashwin John/Flickr)
Saudi Arabia-based engineering, procurement and construction firm Alfanar Construction has signed several power projects worth a total of US$400mn in the first half of 2013
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has entered into contracts worth US$1.68bn with a number of domestic firms to import cables to strengthen the Saudi Arabian power distribution network
The transmission line will start at Tibat in Wilayat Bukha and travel around 18km to Khasab and extend to Dibba. (Image source: Oran Viriyincy/Flickr)
Saudi Arabian power contractor Saudi National Contracting (NCC) has been awarded a contract worth US$98mn to build the first major power transmission line in Omans Musandam Governorate
The Izki power grid station in Oman will seek to strengthen power network across the country. (Image source: kenteegardin/Flickr)
The Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) has floated a tender to build a 400kV/220kV power grid station at Izki in Oman as part of an initiative to strengthen the countrys power network
