The UTEC strategy: powering resilience with innovation and technology
In an exclusive Energy Connects studio interview at EGYPES 2026, Wael Gad, Chief Executive Officer of UTEC, outlines the company’s role as a Saudi manufacturing leader supplying transformers, substations, switchgear and modular data centres across 24 countries. He highlights how innovation, R&D and tailored engineering solutions are central to supporting the evolving needs of global grids. Speaking on Egypt’s rapidly advancing energy landscape, Gad reflects on rising demand, the integration of renewables, digitalisation pressures and the growing complexity facing utilities. He also emphasises UTEC’s dual approach of smart refurbishment and advanced system design to ease infrastructure investment burdens.
