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| Iberdrola Ingeniería to build power plant in Venezuela Spanish energy giant Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción has been awarded a turnkey contract to construct a combined cycle power plant in Venezuela. The facilities will be located in the city of Cumaná in Sucre State and will entail a total investment just shy of $2 billion. The plant will become one of the largest in Latin America with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and will be built for Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) by a consortium featuring IBERDROLA Ingeniería (60%) and Elecnor (40%). The project encompasses the design, construction and commissioning of the plant, which has been named Antonio José de Sucre and will comprise two 500-MW modules that use natural gas as their basic fuel. The project will take approximately three and a half years to complete and will be split into two phases: the simple-cycle phase, which will include solely the gas turbines, followed by the installation of the complete combined cycle, with heat recovery steam generators and steam turbines. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |