A consortium led by Siemens Power Generation (PG) has received a EUR600 million ($830 million) order from Kuwait to extend the Az Zour gas turbine power plant to form a combined cycle station, the company said today.
Siemens PG said it had secured approximately EUR350 million of the order from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Energy, with the rest going to Belgian company Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie (CMI) and the local partner Alghanim International.
The project will increase the plant’s power output by about 560MW to 1600MW, Siemens PG said.
The plant, located 80 kilometres south of Kuwait City, will be extended in two phases, with ‘Unit 1’ scheduled to start commercial operation in March 2010 and ‘Unit 2’ coming on line in June 2010.
In addition to the steam turbine packages the Siemens PG scope of supply also encompasses the water/steam cycle, turbine building, transformers, and the entire electrical and instrumentation and control equipment. CMI is to supply the heat-recovery steam generators.
“At approximately 15,000 kWh Kuwait’s per capita power consumption is among the highest worldwide,” Klaus Voges, president of Siemens PG, said in a statement.
“The power plant will make a significant contribution toward meeting the country’s growing power demand in an economical and environmentally compatible manner.”
Last month, Siemens PG and the Kuwaiti Ministry of Energy signed a long-term maintenance agreement for the gas turbine part of the plant.
Siemens will perform the maintenance for the eight gas turbines for the upcoming five years and will also supply replacement parts for the turbines and generators.
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