GE to Supply Equipment for Saudi Power Plant

GE will supply power generation equipment and long-term services for a new gas-fired, independent power plant in Saudi Arabia, under agreements worth SR2.5bn ($700m).

Riyadh PP11 will add about 1,730MW of power to Saudi Electricity Company’s grid, which expects to witness an increase in demand for electricity at the rate of 8% a year.

GE will supply seven Frame 7FA gas turbines and two D11 steam turbines to the project.

In addition, GE also has signed a contractual services agreement (CSA) to supply spare parts and maintenance services for the gas turbines over the next 20 years.

The plant will feature GE’s F technology, gas turbines and advanced emissions control with dry low NOx technology.

It will constitute 15% of the power generation capacity in Saudi Arabia’s central region.

Saudi Arabia, with a current installed capacity of 44,000MW, is expected to need about 70,000MW of power by 2020.

Saudi Arabia to Invest $80bn in Nuclear and Renewable Energy

Saudi Arabia is set to establish a civil nuclear and renewable energy centre to help meet demand for power, it has been revealed.

The King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energy will be based in Riyadh, according to the Saudi Press agency.

While discussions have focused on civil uses of the technology, analysts note that Saudi Arabia and other Arab Gulf states do not want to lag further behind Iran and Israel in developing nuclear technologies, writes the ft.com.

On Friday, France and Kuwait signed a civil nuclear co-operation agreement, and Paris is negotiating a similar deal with Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia possesses a quarter of the world’s oil reserves, but domestic and global demand has prompted plans to spend $80bn on power generation and transmission over the next eight years.

Source: power-technology.com