🇸🇦 Transformer Industry — Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is the largest transformer market in the Gulf, driven by Vision 2030 giga-projects (NEOM, Red Sea, Qiddiya), grid expansion and a massive renewables build-out. It demands high-ambient, high-reliability plant for one of the harshest operating environments on earth.

GCC: latest confirmed 25 Sep 2026

Grid & utilities

Confirmed manufacturing plants & facilities (0)

No independent plant sites indexed yet.

Facility research queue (11)

Directory names still queued. Every row below is TO_RESEARCH. Plants with a fetched official or company page are listed above and are not in this queue.

• alfanar · Riyadh · TO_RESEARCH
• Arabian Transformers Co. (ATC) · Dammam · TO_RESEARCH
• Bahra Electric / Bahra TBS · Jeddah · TO_RESEARCH
• Electrical Industries Co. (EIC) Group — STC, SPTC, WESCOSA + Pauwels (BE) · Dammam (+ Mechelen, Belgium) · TO_RESEARCH
• Elsewedy Electric (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) · Dammam · TO_RESEARCH
• MATCO (Mohammed Al Ojaimi Transformers) · Dammam · TO_RESEARCH
• MEMF Electrical Industries Co. · Riyadh Industrial City 2 · TO_RESEARCH
• National Transformer Company (Saudi Voltamp) · Jeddah · TO_RESEARCH
• Saudi Power Transformer Company (SPTC) · Dammam, Eastern Province · TO_RESEARCH
• United Transformers Electric (Utec) · Riyadh · TO_RESEARCH
• WESCOSA (Wahah Electric Supply Company of Saudi Arabia Ltd) · Dammam · TO_RESEARCH

Transformer manufacturers

11 manufacturers tracked in the Saudi Arabia census — the same unique-company count as the figure above. All Saudi Arabia manufacturers →

Current tenders & procurement (6)

• Saudi Power Procurement says about half the grid is being scaled up for demand including AIEXPECTED
• Saudi Power Procurement signs SAR 11.5bnEXPECTED
• PIF–Google Cloud AI hubEXPECTED
• Saudi Arabia–South Africa power interconnectionEXPECTED
• SEC transformers and reactors contractAWARDED · Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
• TBEA 380/132kV GIS substation projectAWARDED

Recent transformer contract awards (6)

• SEC transformers and reactors contract
• TBEA 380/132kV GIS substation project
• 380/230 kV Amiral substation
• 380 kV Taibah power plant substation
• NEOM substation order
• 132/13.8kV substation at Expo 2030 Riyadh

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Business activity

Sourced company developments and transformer-relevant projects with a footprint in this market. An item is shown because it references the company or project — it is not an independently verified award or scope unless the source confirms one.

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Projects & intelligence

• Saudi Water Authority — supervision of Transformer T803 replacement (502 MVA, 380/110/13.8 kV) PST1 Yanbu Phase 3

  Etimad notice 260839007272: project for supervision of GIB replacement and Transformer T803 replacement at SWA third-stage conversion station, Yanbu seawater desalination system. Underlying T803 suppl…

• King Abdulaziz Air Base Hospital — 1,500 kVA standby transformer, Dhahran

  Competition to supply and install a 1,500 kVA backup/standby electrical transformer for the chillers area at King Abdulaziz Air Base Hospital, Dhahran (Etimad 260839006518).

• 33 kV transformer replacement — Substation No. 6, Technical College for Girls, Al-Aflaj

  General Foundation for Technical and Vocational Training via Etimad — replacement of the 33 kV transformer at station No. 6, Technical College for Girls, Al-Aflaj.

• Saudi Water Authority — 33/0.4 kV grounding (earthing) transformer, Jubail Phase 4

  توريد وتركيب محول التأريض 33/0.4 كيلو فولت بمرحلة الجبيل 4 — SWA Etimad competition 260839007703.

• Saudi Power Procurement says about half the grid is being scaled up for demand including AI

  Arab News, updated 13 October 2026: Saudi Power Procurement Co. CEO Mazin Al-Bahkali told the 25th WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh that about 50 percent of the grid is being scaled up for growing demand…

Upcoming events

• Saudi Elenex 2026 16 Nov 2026 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Official site
• Saudi Smart Grid Conference 2026 (SASG) 14 Dec 2026 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Official site

Technical context

• 380 kV / 110 / 13.8 kV transmission, 60 Hz transmission is not used — 50 Hz
• Very high ambient temperature derating and sand/dust protection
• National grid operator (SEC) procurement and international compliance
• Large-scale solar + BESS integration and grid-stability requirements
• Strong demand for power and distribution transformers, reactors and GSUs

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