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| Siemens secures order for power plant extension from Kuwait A consortium led by Siemens Power Generation (PG) has received an order from Kuwait to extend the Az Zour gas turbine power plant to form a combined cycle station. Purchaser is the Kuwaiti Ministry of Energy. The order is worth a total of approximately EUR600 million, with approximately EUR350 million secured by Siemens PG. The plant will be extended in two phases: Unit 1 is scheduled to start commercial operation in March 2010, with Unit 2 coming on line in June 2010. In a consortium with the Belgian company Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie (CMI) and the local partner Alghanim International, Siemens received the turnkey order for extension of Az Zour to form a combined cycle power plant. In addition to the steam turbine packages the Siemens PG scope of supply also encompasses the water/steam cycle, the turbine building, the transformers, and the entire electrical and instrumentation and control equipment. CMI is to supply the heat-recovery steam generators. For the first time Siemens will supply a plant configuration with four heat-recovery steam generators connected to a single steam turbine. This environment-friendly utilization of exhaust heat will save valuable fuel and simultaneously reduce plant emissions. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |