Press
Erlangen, July 4, 2017
Siemens to supply power train for Sabiya
power plant in Kuwait
· Fourth order for power plant equipment in four years from Kuwait
· Long-term service agreement for more than eight years
Siemens has won an order to supply the key power generation equipment for the
Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle power plant in Kuwait. The contract was
awarded by the plant owner, the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW), to
Alghanim International for execution of engineering, procurement and construction
(EPC). The power train will provide an electrical capacity of about 900 megawatts
(MW). A long-term service agreement with Alghanim International is also included to
help ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of the main components.
The customer, Kuwaiti EPC and O&M contractor Alghanim International, is
responsible for constructing the entire plant, establishing the grid connection, and
operating and maintaining it. The country will be able to cover its steadily growing
energy demand with the Sabiya Extension 3 plant. The plant will start simple cycle
operation in winter of 2019. Commissioning of the combined cycle operation is
scheduled for the end of 2020.
The natural gas-fired Sabiya Extension 3 is being built on the existing site of the
Sabiya power plant on the Bay of Kuwait in the country’s northeast. It can also be
operated with fuel oil as a back-up fuel. The multi-shaft combined cycle power plant
will provide an electrical capacity of over 900 MW. The power train from Siemens
consists of two SGT5-4000F gas turbines, two hydrogen-cooled SGen5-2000H
generators, one SST5-5000 steam turbine, and a SGen5-2000H steam turbine
generator. Siemens will also deliver the SPPA-T3000 control system and 26 bays of
400-kV/80-kA gas-insulated switchgear with the associated control and protection
systems for the power plant’s substation. The substation will provide power to the
newly developing areas in northern Kuwait. The long-term service agreement covers
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the power train components including Power Diagnostics and Remote Monitoring,
which are part of Siemens’ Digital Services portfolio. Support from Siemens’ remote
monitoring center is available 24/7 and allows specialists to resolve potential issues
remotely before they become serious, just as though they were working on-site.
At present there are six F-class gas turbines running in the Sabiya and Az Zour
South power plant projects. “This is the fourth power plant order that Siemens has
secured in Kuwait in only four years, following the orders for Sabiya Extensions 1
and 2 and Az Zour South,” said Jean Claude Nasr, head of Sales for the Middle
East & North Africa Region at Siemens Power and Gas. “The solid partnership with
our customers and the high reliability of the existing Siemens gas turbines in Kuwait
along with our strong maintenance support surely motivated the customer to choose
Siemens’ offer from among a number of challenging international tenders.”
“Alghanim International has had a very strong partnership with Siemens for more
than 15 years that has successfully delivered several projects. We value each
other‘s contributions and understanding of the Kuwaiti power sector, and this robust
relationship has allowed us to win most of the competitive bids in the country, giving
us the honor of constructing more than 40 percent of the installed capacity in
Kuwait. We’ve also provided O&M services to ensure the highest availability of
these plants on par with international utility practices and in compliance with the
stringent guarantee conditions imposed by the owner, the Ministry of Electricity and
Water,” said Tarek Eissa, Group President of Alghanim International.
At the beginning of this year Siemens received an additional order in Kuwait to
deliver an industrial steam turbine package to transform the Az Zour South 3 open
cycle gas turbine power plant into a combined cycle power plant. This plant is also
operated by MEW. The expansion will increase the total installed capacity of the
plant by 263 MW without using any additional gas.
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SGT5-4000F gas turbine
Siemens will deliver two SGT5-4000F gas turbines and additional key power
generation equipment for the Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle power plant in
Kuwait.
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www.siemens.com/sgt5-4000f
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