Recently, XJ Electric Corporation has been awarded the Contract of the Supply of Measuring Device for the Project of Construction of New HVDC Converter Stations for COA-SOA Interconnection Link in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (hereinafter referred to as KSA) by China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co., Ltd. (CET).

As a national-level major project under Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision, the project is a VSC-HVDC Transmission project with hybrid bridge topology and the highest voltage level and maximum transmission capacity in the rest of the world except China. The project will build four ±500 VSC-HVDC converter stations in Riyadh, the capital of KSA, Gizan and Jeddah which is respectively located in the south and west of KSA with the transmission capacity of 7,000 MW and the system commissioning is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026. The project aims to transmit electricity from the center of KSA to Jeddah and Gizan, the tourism city and special economic zone of KSA respectively with a total population of around 13 million, which will meet the high electricity demand and effectively guarantee the social and economic development of the areas.

Moving forward, XJ will continually strive to improve the competitiveness of core businesses and products and contribute new efforts to promoting "Belt and Road" construction and facilitating Sino-Saudi Arabia energy cooperation.