Pöyry awarded gas-fired cogeneration power plant project in Thailand
Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited (GPSC) has awarded Pöyry with an owner’s engineer services assignment for Central Utility Plant 4, Phase 1 (CUP4.1), a 48 MW, 140 t/h gas-fired cogeneration power plant project in Rayong, Thailand. This first phase of the project will consist of one gas turbine, one heat recovery steam generator(HRSG) with...
Siemens wins Jordan Power Plant contract
Siemens will supply the key components for the Attarat steam power plant in Jordan. The customer China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Power Engineering Co. Ltd. will build the facility as general contractor for the operator of the plant, the Attarat Power Company. Siemens’ scope of supply comprises two SST5-5000 steam turbines, two air-cooled SGen5-1200A generators,...
Siemens wins order to expand Kuwait power plant
Siemens has received an order to deliver an industrial steam turbine package to expand the Az Zour South 3 open cycle gas turbine power plant to a combined cycle power plant. The plant is located in Kuwait and is operated by the Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW). Siemens’ customer is the Chinese EPC contractor...
Wärtsilä to supply power plant to Argentina
Wärtsilä will supply a 101 MW Smart Power Generation plant to Pampa Energía S.A.in Argentina. Wärtsilä’s scope is to deliver a turnkey solution, including the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC). The delivery includes Wärtsilä 50DF multi-fuel engines running on natural gas, and when necessary, heavy-fuel oil (HFO) as a back-up fuel. The value of the...
Toshiba wins Turkey power plant order
Wins order for steam turbine and generator for eco-friendly geothermal power project. Toshiba Corporation has won a major order to supply a flash steam turbine system and generator (STG) for Unit 2 of the Kizildere III Geothermal Power Plant in Turkey. Zorlu Energy, an independent power producer and member of Turkey’s Zorlu Energy Group, will...
Siemens to build major new power plant in UAE
Siemens is to develop a major gas-fired power plant in the Northern Emirates to help the demand for its growing power needs. The German company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa) for the construction of a 2.2 gigawatt plant in the Northern Emirates to “enhance the electricity...
Orascom lands $420m power plant contract
Orascom Construction (NASDAQ Dubai: OC; EGX: ORAS) announced today that it has signed contracts to convert Assiut and West Damietta power plants in Egypt from simple to combined cycle. OC’s share amounts to approximately USD 420 million. Both power plants will be completed on an EPC + Finance basis whereby OC helps arrange a competitive...
ILF awarded UAE Solar Project
ILF named consultants for Dubai PV solar project. The Germany-based company, ILF Consulting said it has been awarded the owner’s engineer contract by UAE-based Shuaa Energy for athe 200MW photovoltaic (PV) power plant project in Dubai, UAE. A leading engineering consultant for solar power and desert environments, ILF has said the Shuaa 1 project is...
Alstom to build USC Power Plant
Alstom has been chosen by the Consortium of Harbin Electricity International and ACWA Power as the lead EPC contractor, in consortium with Harbin Electricity International to build in Dubai the first ultra-supercritical (USC) coal power plant in the Middle East. Subject to the financing closure of the project by the development consortium composed of ACWA...
GE awarded Iraq turbine deal
GE has received an order from Mass Global Investment Company to provide advanced gas turbines for a new 3-gigawatt (GW) power plant in Bismayah, only 30 kilometers away from Baghdad within a major housing development project. The plant will support Baghdad and Bismayah and will be able to generate the equivalent power needed to supply...
Italy’s Fata inks $543m Iran power deal
Italy’s Fata, the engineering unit of the industrial group Finmeccanica, has signed a 500 million euro contract with Ghadir Investment Company to build a power plant in Iran. According to a spokesman for the company, the deal was signed during Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s visit to Tehran earlier this week at the head of...
Mapna to build major power plant in Iraq
Mapna, the Iranian industrial group has been awarded the engineering, procurement and installation contract for the $2.5 billion natural gas-fired power plant project in the Rumaila area of Basra, Iraq. Work has started after 18 months of negotiations with the Iraqi government. The plant is expected to add 3,000 MW of electricity to the Iraqi national...