Hyundai E&C consortium wins $750 million order to build CCGT in Algeria

• 4 years ago (2020-01-16)
• David Flin

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Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) Consortium, (Hyundai E&C, Hyundai Engineering , and POSCO International ) has won a $750 million order to build a combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Algeria. The order was placed by Hyunson Engineering & Construction Spa ( HYENCO ), a subsidiary of the Algerian state-run power utility Sonelgaz.

The project is to build a CCGT power plant with a capacity of around 1300MW in the Umesh region of Biskra, 340km southeast of the capital Algiers. The plant is scheduled to be completed within 60 months, and will have an average annual power generation of 10TWh.

The Algerian Government has said that it plans to build a total of 20,000MW of additional power generation facilities over the next 10 years to meet the rapidly rising increase in power demand. Under this policy, HYENCO plans to build a total of five similar plants.