The Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy, Kuwait has announced the awarding of a contract for the Al Shaqaya Solar Power Generation Station 400kV Overhead Transmission Line (OHTL) project.
The project aims to link the Al Shaqaya solar power station to the main substation in Al Wafra (Z) through the installation of a 400kV OHTL.
The contract, valued at US $158.7mn, was inked by Power Grid Company, Kuwait.
The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research has developed the Shagaya Renewable Energy Project, which constitutes Phase 1 of the master plan to generate approximately 3.2GW of electricity using renewable sources by 2030.
Phase I sets the basis for future renewable energy developments in Kuwait through the installation of a 50MW Concentrated Solar Power CSP plant that was commissioned in late 2018, a 10MW Wind Farm that was commissioned in May 2017, and a 10MW Photovoltaic PV plant.
