Siemens wins $1bn contract at Saudi power plant

Qurayyah will meet one tenth of Saudi's power demand for its 28 million inhabitants.

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Siemens will supply key components for the IPP Qurayyah combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a contract valued over $1bn, it has reported.

With an installed capacity of 4GW, it will be one of the world's largest CCPPs, and will supply enough electrical energy to meet about one tenth of the country's current power demand for its 28 million inhabitants.

Commissioning of the total of six blocks is scheduled for 2014. The project consortium is led by the Saudi company ACWA Power with Samsung C&T and MENA fund as further members.

Siemens received the order from Samsung C&T, which is also acting as EPC contractor. In addition, a long-term service and maintenance agreement for the power plant was signed with Hajr Project Company (owned by SEC, ACWA, Samsung C&T).

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The plant will be operated by Hajr as an Independent Power Producer (IPP). "We are supplying advanced combined cycle equipment from our global manufacturing network," said Roland Fischer, CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division of Siemens Energy.

The company will supply the components from its recently inaugurated US gas turbine production plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, and also from its manufacturing plants in Berlin and Muelheim, Germany.

Siemens' scope of supply encompasses a total of 12 SGT6-5000F gas turbines, 18 generators of the SGEN6-1000A series and six SST6-4000 steam turbines together with associated electrical systems. It will also provide long-term maintenance for the major equipment at Qurayyah.