Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems and Sumitomo Corporation Sign Contract with Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas for Cons...
2017年6月21日 - 6:31PM
JCN Newswire (英)
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation
signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract
with Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz (STEG) for a
gas-fired combined cycle power plant with a generation capacity of
450 MW in Rades, in Ben Arous Governorate, the Tunisian
Republic.
The Power Plant construction site is located about 10 km east of
the Tunisian capital, Tunis. After the start of its operation, it
is expected to provide about 10% of the country's total power
generating capacity. The power plant will adopt gas turbine
combined cycle (GTCC) generation, which is highly efficient with
less greenhouse gases, and aims to start with gas turbine initial
operation in May 2019, with combined cycle full operation starting
in April 2020. The project cost is approximately 38 billion yen,
which is financed by the Japanese Official Development Assistant
(ODA) organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA).
In constructing the Power Plant, Sumitomo Corporation will provide
balance of plant and undertake civil and installation work. MHPS
will provide a M701F gas turbine, a heat recovery steam generator
and a steam turbine, and dispatch technical advisors and
supervisors to support during the installation and commissioning
periods. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will provide generators.
At the same time, MHPS's European subsidiary signed a six-year
maintenance contract. In 1985, MHPS delivered gas and oil-fired
boilers and steam turbines for a power plant in the same power
station, which is still being operated in good condition at a high
availability.
Following the democratization that occurred with so called the
'Jasmine Revolution' in 2011, Tunisia's economic growth has
accelerated, making the development of new power sources a vital
issue. The Power Plant will contribute to the Japanese government's
"Partnership for Quality Infrastructure" initiative, and Japanese
funds and technology will be utilized to meet domestic power demand
and help improving basic infrastructure in Tunisia.
Sumitomo Corporation has been involved in the construction (EPC) of
power plants worldwide with a total capacity exceeding 50,000 MW,
and will leverage its extensive track record and experience of
successfully completed agreements to enhance its
infrastructure-related business on a global scale, thereby
contributing to the economic development of countries across the
planet through infrastructure improvement.
MHPS will continue to promote GTCC generation facilities globally,
in order to pursue effective use of natural resources, stable
energy supplies, in reduction of environmental impact and
sustainability.
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Signing Ceremony
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Power plant construction site map
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one of the world's leading industrial firms with 80,000 group
employees and annual consolidated revenues of around 38 billion
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big thinking into innovative and integrated solutions that move the
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