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Article: Connecting the regions: a country-wide electricity grid must to be developed quickly if economic growth is not to be hampered.(POWER)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- September 21, 2007
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Residents of Jeddah, the second largest city in Saudi Arabia, find it odd that an electricity connection has never been built linking the western port metropolis to the national power grid.
Over the years, the Red Sea port has remained isolated while connections in the all-important Eastern Province, home to the bulk of the country's oil and gas reserves, have developed apace. Much of the east is now linked to the central region, home to the capital city, Riyadh, while in the west, the north and large areas of the south, electricity connections remain absent.
As Saudi Arabia enjoys its latest oil boom, the government is aiming to make up for lost time ...