Siemens to supply power train for Kuwait power plant

• 7 years ago (2017-07-05)
• David Flin

Gas 393 Middle East 326

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Siemens has won an order to supply the key power generation equipment for the Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle power plant in Kuwait. The EPC contract was awarded by the plant owner, the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) to Alghanim International.

The power train will provide a 900 MW capacity. Siemens also has a long-term service agreement with Alghanim International. The plant will see simple cycle operation in winter 2019, and commissioning of 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 northeast of the country. It can also be operated with fuel oil as a back-up fuel.

The power train 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/80kA gas-insulated switchgear and the associated control and protection systems for the power plant’s substation.

Jean Claude Nasr, Head of Sales for the Middle East and North Africa Region at Siemens Power and Gas, said: “This is the fourth power plant order that Siemens has secured in Kuwait in four years.”