EWA

Electricity & Water Authority — GCCIA link via Saudi

Overview

Electricity & Water Authority (Bahrain) — the island utility, a buyer of 220/66/11 kV transformers and reactors.

Grid characteristics

• Operating region: Bahrain — Middle East
• System frequency: 50 Hz
• Synchronous area: GCCIA Interconnection
• Top voltage class: 220 kV

Transformer & substation profile

• Highest voltage class in this market: 220 kV
• Transformer demand driver: Electricity & Water Authority — GCCIA link via Saudi
• Procurement notes: Utilities in this market procure against national grid codes and international standards — verify the governing standard before a tender.

Relevant manufacturers

3 transformer makers recorded in the Bahrain census — power, distribution and dry-type. Verify capability before a decision.

Market context

Latest intelligence about this operator

• EWA Central Stores — 11/0.415 kV 1,000 kVA mineral-oil-filled package substation with distribution board

  Bahrain Tender Board 389/2026/BTB (PT/CSD/HR/2026/102): SUBSTATION KIOSK 11/0.415 kV, 1000 kVA, mineral oil filled, with distribution board.

• Bahrain (EWA) takes bids for Sitra 400 kV grid substation cable works; Siemens Energy holds $127m substation EPC

  Bahrain's Electricity & Water Authority received cable-works bids (Apr 2026) for the new Sitra Industrial Area 400 kV grid substation — the transmissi…

Regional intel

Same regional feed. These items do not name this operator.

• MEWRE — second-stage maintenance/replacement programme (transformers up to 75 MVA; parallel reactors up to 50 MVA)

  Phase-two maintenance and replacement of damaged parts and related civil works for transformers ≤75 MVA and parallel reactors ≤50 MVA.

• MEWRE — replacement of damaged transformers up to 75 MVA and parallel reactors up to 50 MVA (first stage)

  Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy first-stage procurement for replacement/substitution of damaged transformers ≤75 MVA and parallel …

• 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 s…

• 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…

Related projects

• DEWA 13 x 132/11 kV substations EPC evaluation · CONFIRMED
• DEWA Tawimura 33/11 kV substation (Lesaily) evaluation · CONFIRMED
• Bahrain EWA Sitra 400 kV grid substation — transformer & reactor works tendering · CONFIRMED
• Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase 6 (1800 MW) construction · INFERRED

Upcoming events

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Census verified 7 July 2026. Record updated 11 July 2026. Sources: official utility / operator filings and public announcements; maintained encyclopedia-style from the TransformerPath grid census. Report a correction.