Siemens supplies SGT-800 gas turbines to Panama for the first time

• 5 years ago (2018-05-15)
• David Flin

Gas 370 Latin America 75

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Siemens has received its first order from Panama for six SGT-800 gas turbines. The industrial gas turbines, along with a steam turbine, will provide approximately 440 MW as part of a flexible combined cycle power plant. Siemens’ customer is Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd of China, which is responsible for building the overall plant. The end customer is the IPP Martano. Commissioning of the power block is scheduled for the second half of 2020.

The scope of supply from Siemens includes a power block in a multi-shaft configuration, consisting of six SGT-800 industrial gas turbines, six gas turbine generators, one SST-600 industrial steam turbine, an SGen6-100A-2P steam turbine, six VOTSG heat recovery steam generators, as well as Simatic PCS7 control system for the gas turbines and a SPPA-T3000 control system for the steam turbine.

The plant will be built near the seaport of Colón of the Caribbean coast, and it will use LNG as a fuel. The new plant will be used to supplement fluctuating renewable energy sources, supporting the Panama Government’s plans to expand wind and solar energy and to increase the share of renewables in the energy mix to 70 per cent.