Engine & Turbine Technology
Middle and Far East markets drive demand for turbine technologies
Demand for efficient turbine technology remains high as a raft of new power generation projects are announced around the world, particularly in the fast-growing Far East and Chinese markets.
La demanda de tecnologías de turbina eficientes se mantiene con fuerza tras el anuncio de una importante cantidad de nuevos proyectos de generación eléctrica en todo el mundo y, muy especialmente, en los mercados de China y Lejano Oriente, que están experimentando un rápido crecimiento.
Die Nachfrage noch effizienter Turbinentechnologie bleibt so hoch, da eine Menge neuer Energieerzeugungsprojekte überall auf der Welt und insbesondere in den rapide wachsenden Märkten des Fernen Ostens und China angekündigt wurden.
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iemens Energy has received an order from Saudi Arabia for the supply of components for a combined cycle power plant with an associated seawater desalination facility. Te company is to supply 12 gas turbines,
ten heat-recovery steam generators, five steam turbines, and the associated auxiliary and ancillary systems for the Ras Az Zawr power plant. Te order is valued at more than US$1bn (€720m), making it one of the largest that Siemens has won in the Middle East. Te purchaser is a consortium that includes the Al Arrab Contracting Company and the Chinese SepcoIII Electric Power Construction Corporation. Te start of commercial operation is scheduled for early 2014. Te Ras Az Zawr facility will be built
approximately 75km northwest of Jubail. Te 2400MW plant will supply electricity to an aluminium smelting plant, and approximately 225 million gallons/day of drinking water for
the capital city Riyadh with its five million inhabitants. Siemens’ scope of supply encompasses 12 SGT6-5000F gas turbines, five SST6-4000 steam turbines, 17 SGen6-1000A generators, ten heat-recovery steam generators and associated electrical equipment.
Expanding capacity Saudi Arabia is an attractive power generation market. In the next 10 years it is anticipated that the country’s population will increase from 28 million to 40 million. To meet the significant rise in power demand the installed capacity will have to double. Every year it will be necessary to build new power plants with a combined capacity of at least 4000MW. Te kingdom is therefore making major investments in the expansion of capacities for power and drinking water supply. Ras Az Zawr will be the fifth large-capacity power plant built by Siemens in Saudi Arabia.
Fig. 1. 16 SGT-800 industrial gas turbines destined for use by combined cycle cogeneration plants in Thailand.
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