Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC), the principal off-taker for power projects in Saudi Arabia, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for Rabigh Power Plant expansion project.

The state-owned company announced on its X (formerly Twitter) account that the project will add Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) units with a total capacity of 1,200 megawatts (MW) to the existing plant.

While the duration of the PPAs wasn't disclosed, ACWA Power had announced on Tuesday that it signed 25-year PPAs with SPPC for Taiba 1 and Qassim 1 IPPs.

SPPC also signed PPAs for Taiba 2 and Qassim 2 IPPs with the consortium of Al-Jomaih Energy and Water Company, EDF and Buhur for Investment Company.

(Writing by Senthil Palanisamy; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@lseg.com)

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