Alstom Awarded Contract to Build 1,200MW Steam Plant in Saudi Arabia
Posted on: Friday, 4 July 2008, 06:00 CDT
French engineering major Alstom has signed a letter of intent with the Saudi Electricity Company for a E1.9 billion turnkey contract to build a new 1,200MW steam power plant in Saudi Arabia.
This new plant will be constructed adjacent to the existing Shoaiba power station, 100km south of Jeddah. Following the project, the Shoaiba power plant will comprise 14 units of 400MW each, bringing the total output to 5,600MW. The contract will be finalized in the short-term.
The agreement marks the third stage of the Shoaiba project. The previous 11 units were supplied by an Alstom-led consortium on a turnkey basis under two separate contracts won in November 1998 and January 2004 respectively.
Under this contract, Alstom will design, supply, install and commission the entire plant, including boilers, STF40 steam turbines, Gigatop two-pole turbogenerators, sea-water flue gas desulphurization systems for removal of sulfur dioxide and the complete balance of plant and systems for the three units.
Alstom's consortium partner, Saudi Archirodon, will carry out all the associated civil works. The boilers are designed to burn both crude and heavy fuel oil and will use Alstom's advanced low nitrogen oxide tangential firing technology. Delivery of major equipment is scheduled in 2010.
Philippe Joubert, Alstom's executive vice president and president for power systems, said: "With this new Shoaiba contract, the Saudi Electricity Company proves its ongoing trust in Alstom and recognition of Alstom's competence and expertise as a reliable provider of integrated power solutions."
Source: Datamonitor
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