Muscat – Mazoon Electricity Company, a member of Nama Group, on Tuesday announced investments worth RO80mn as part of its project plans for the year 2022.

The company is constructing a number of primary substations with related 33kV and 11kV feeders to expand power network, enhance network performance, and ensure service sustainability for customers across governorates under its coverage area in Oman.

The projects are being executed in governorates including Al Dakhiliyah, North Al Sharqiyah, South Al Sharqiyah, South Al Batinah, and the Wilayat of Suwaiq in North Al Batinah, according to a press statement.

Over the past months, Mazoon Electricity has completed and operated some strategic projects in the field of electricity distribution at a total cost of RO28mn. Among the projects completed are 33kV portion in Wadi Bani Awf grid station in Rustaq and another primary substation in Suwaiq. In addition, operations were commissioned for primary substations in Fanja, Masrun in Ibra and Sayma, Humaydah, Afyah in Al Dakhiliyah.

Moreover, operations were commissioned for transformer stations in Ras Al Hadd in Sur, Jibreen in Bahla, Hayy Al Turath in Nizwa, Ezz station in Manah, and Wadi Al Tayeen, and for related lines to the aforementioned substations.

Mazoon Electricity is currently working to complete other vital projects, the most important of which are the primary stations in Al Bashaer in Rustaq, Tharmad in Suwaiq, Nizwa, Hayy Asim in Barka, and Seih Al Nama in Al Mudhaibi. The company is also building Adam, Barakat Al Moaz and Samail industrial stations in Al Dakhiliyah and three stations in South Al Sharqiah covering a number of wilayats including Sur, Jalan Bani Bu Hassan and Jalan Bani Bu Ali. The completion ratio of these projects ranges from 20 per cent to 95 per cent, and plans are underway to complete them during 2022. The value of the investment in these projects is RO34mn.

To implement the company’s projects that has been approved by Authority for Public Services Regulatory, Mazoon Electricity awarded a number of tenders at an estimated value of RO11mn. They include construction of primary stations in Niyabat, Sinaw in North Al Sharqiyah and Nizwa, stations each in Hayy Asim in Barka and Wadi Al Maawil in South Al Batinah, along with the related feeder and distribution lines. The projects will be implemented from April 2022 onwards.

Commenting on the company’s investments, Eng Mohammed bin Rashid al Quri, senior project manager at Mazoon Electricity Company, said, “In addition to these projects which aim to enhance the electricity network in the aforementioned governorates, the work is underway to invest in low voltage (LV) network extension projects to supply the customers as well as reinforcement of the existing LV network with annual investments worth more than RO40mn.”

Quri added that these projects are of utmost importance for the provision of sustainable service to the company’s customers. In addition, they contribute to supporting the electricity sector with a high-quality network consistent with international standards.

Moreover, Mazoon Electricity is introducing and developing electronic systems to operate and monitor the performance of the power network and ensure service continuity. The company’s total investment in the project plan to the end of the year reached RO80mn.