Saudi Arabia has awarded a $2.6 billion contract to a Spanish-Egyptian joint venture to build a 3 GW CCGT in the Eastern Province of the country.
Egypt-based Orascom Construction and Spanish energy infrastructure firm Técnicas Reunidas have a 50-50 joint venture which has signed an EPC contract to build the Qurayyah IPP expansion project with Hajr Two Electricity Company, a consortium of ACWA Power , Saudi Electricity Company , and Haji Abdullah Alireza .
The power plant will include a 380 kV substation, and it will be able to accept carbon capture.
Osama Bishai, Orascom Construction’s CEO, said: “The contract builds on our success in the power sector most recently in Egypt, and we look forward to making a similar significant impact in Saudi Arabia.”