VOL. XXXIX

No. 55

14-October-1996

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia Inaugurates Expansion Project For Riyadh Power Plant

The Governor of Riyadh, Prince Salman ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, on 6 October inaugurated a SR937mn ($250mn) project to expand the capacity of the eighth power station in Riyadh to 1,000 megawatt (MW) from 580 MW. The Saudi Government plans to increase power generation capacity in the Kingdom to 25,273 MW in 2000 from 18,238 MW in 1994-95 in order to meet peak local electricity...