The deal is the first of three systems with a total capacity of 9GW for Neom. Japan’s Hitachi Energy has signed agreements to supply three high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems with a total capacity to transmit up to 9GW of electricity to Enowa, the utility company for Neom in Saudi Arabia. The first order is from Enowa’s engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) partner, the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). SEC awarded Hitachi Energy and its consortium partner, local EPC contractor Saudi Services for Electro Mechanical Works (SSEM), the contract to provide one 3GW, 525-kilovolt (kV) HVDC transmission system connecting Neom’s Oxagon industrial complex to Yanbu, some 650 kilometres away in western Saudi Arabia. Hitachi Energy’s work scope involves the design, engineering and procurement of HVDC technology and commissioning of its proprietary HVDC Light converter stations. SSEM will design and supply the alternating current (AC) equipment portion and perform the construction and installation. The converter stations convert the power from AC to direct current and then back to AC for integration into the receiving grid. The converters will be sourced by and supplied to SEC, which was contracted in 2022 by Enowa to act as their EPCM to build the first HVDC system for Neom. Hitachi Energy and Enowa have also signed an early works and capacity reservation agreement for two additional HVDC projects, each rated up to 3GW. Under this agreement, both companies committed to having the resources and capacity necessary to implement these two HVDC systems as part of a new scalable and modular regional network design to integrate future renewables and energy storage technologies in the Neom Energy System. The cooperation will also explore opportunities to develop local competencies in the kingdom, including ways to sustainably assemble the necessary HVDC Light components locally. (ICE RIYADH)

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