Transmission and Distribution

The number of substations in the kingdom has increased from 570 in 2007 to 1,134 by 2019, due to a surge in the demand. The quantity of transformers becomes double in 2019 from 2009.

Even the introduction of renewable especially Solar surge the need for the transformer capacity. As more than 3 GW of Solar PV projects is in the tenders and auctions pipeline along with wind projects, this will also create the demand for the transformer capacity.

Year Number of substations Number of Transformers Capacity of Transformers (MVA)

2007 2008

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Source: WERA, Saudi Arabia 570 586

609 642 642 704 747 817 873 937 1,004 1,083 1,134 1,644 1,690 1,758 1,845 1,875 1,892 2,039 2,289 2,525 2,761 3,001 3,285 3,477 1,48,087 1,53,414 1,61,229 1,76,090 1,73,531 1,90,134 2,12,324 2,45,689 2,87,290 3,28,249 3,71,364 4,17,203 4,41,058

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The kingdom is showing aggressiveness towards Solar PV projects in the country, King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy has launched training programs to teach the design and installation of small-scale Solar systems, this move will drive the country greener, more sustainable future of its program for vision 2030. This will help the kingdom to reduce their oil consumption for the generation of electricity, where the fuel makes up more than 40% of their electricity mix. The country is also looking for green hydrogen, which shall be produced using power generated from Solar PV Plant.