Siemens secures over $400million power plant orders from the Middle East and North Africa
Posted: 20 June 2005
 The Siemens Power Generation Group (PG) has secured orders for the turnkey construction of two power plants in Qatar and Dubai. The purchaser of the plant in Qatar is a consortium comprising Qatar Electricity & Water Company, International Power and Chubu Electric Power. The second order was placed by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). Siemens PG also is to supply key components for the El Kureimat gas turbine power plant in Egypt.
As consortium leader, Siemens PG will partner with Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. to build the Ras Laffan B combined cycle power plant in Qatar. The Ras Laffan B’s station capacity will be 1025 MW (Megawatt) and 60 MIGD (Million Gallons per Day). This landmark project is the second independent power project (IPP) to be undertaken in the State of Qatar. The project will be phased over a two-year period to achieve full capacity by June 2008.
The Siemens PG scope of supply encompasses three gas turbines, two steam turbines, and the associated electrical, and instrumentation and control equipment. Commercial operation is scheduled for May 2008. The plant will then have an installed capacity of approximately 1000 MW and the seawater desalination plant supplied by Doosan will produce approximately 27,500 cubic meters of drinking water daily.
Siemens PG also is to supply three gas turbines, including the instrumentation and control equipment, for a gas turbine power plant in Dubai. It also will handle installation and commissioning. The plant, which will have an installed capacity of 400 MW, is scheduled for commercial operation in early 2007.
For the El Kureimat power plant located 90 kilometers south of Cairo, Egypt, Siemens PG will supply two gas turbines, as well as the plant’s auxiliary systems. Purchasers are Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) and Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company.
”Ras Laffan is the first turnkey order for Siemens PG from the fast-developing area of Qatar ,” stated Klaus Voges, Pr esident of Siemens Power Generation. “Together with the successes in Dubai and Egypt we have succeeded in further consolidating our leading market position in the Middle East and Egypt .” Following Nubaria and Talkha, El Kureimat is the third power plant order that Siemens PG has posted in Egypt within a short period of time.
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