Riyadh hosts 3rd Power & Transmission Summit

THE 3rd Annual Power and Transmission Summit opened at the Riyadh Marriott Hotel Wednesday. The conference is endorsed and supported by the Royal Commission of Jubail and Yanbu and organized by Nispana Innovative Platforms in association with SEMARK Group, Saudi Arabia. The summit featured prominent speakers like Saeed Abdul Rahim Nagro, Power Distribution Section Head, Petro Rabigh; Dr. Bruce Pahlavanpour, Senior Technical Coordinator, NYNAS; Ayman Youssef, Engineering Specialist, Saudi Aramco; Nasser Al-Shahrani, Chief Operations Officer, GCC Interconnection Authority. Narendra Kumar, Managing Director, Nispana Innovative Platforms, said the summit will be an ideal platform for the Kingdom’s key power sector stakeholders, national and international power sector leaders, investors, contractors and solution providers to discuss generation, transmission and distribution of power across the Kingdom through the use of more efficient, cost effective and smart technologies. The highlight of the opening session was an interactive panel discussion on “Exploring means to achieve energy efficiency for a sustainable future”. There were also a host of other presentations from industry experts and solution providers. Some of the prominent attendees included senior officials from Saudi Electricity Company, PetroRabigh, King Saud University, Al Ayuni Investment, Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Khatib & Alami Company, K.A.CARE, Samba Capital, Ma›aden Phosphate Company, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Cement Company, Saudi Electricity Company, Water & Electricity Company, to name a few. — SG