GE Power has previously provided power generation equipment for some of the power plants that the substations will be connected to, including the 3 GW Basmaya power plant. South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has won a $1.05 billion order from a Korea Electric Power Corporation-led consortium for the supply of key equipment for a new coal fired power plant in South Africa. Doosan said it would provide the boilers and turbines for the plant, and that it would officially sign a contract for the deal in May 2018. In 2016 Kepco and its partner Marubeni won a contract to build a coal fired power plant in Thabametsi, Limpopo province. Vinci Energies has been awarded a €26.8 million contract to build eight solar photovoltaic power plants in Senegal. The contract was awarded by Societe d’Electricite du Senegal, or Senelec, and was financed by the German bank KfW and Senelec. Vinci Energies will have 10 months to complete the project, with handover scheduled for July 2018. The company says that the plants will have a combined generating capacity of 17 MW. GE’s Power Services business has signed an agreement with Azito Energies SA to upgrade two gas turbines at the company’s combined cycle power plant in the Ivory Coast. GE’s hardware upgrade and Operations Optimization digital solutions will help increase power output by up to 30 MW and will equip Azito with the insights it needs to increase efficiency and improve operations at the power plant. The project, located in the Yopougon district, marks GE’s first GT13E2 MXL2 gas turbine upgrade order in sub- Saharan Africa. The upgrade is also expected to deliver a combined cycle efficiency increase, resulting in significant fuel savings and reduced CO2 emissions. GE’s solutions will also extend inspection intervals for the gas turbines, reducing maintenance and repair expenses, which, in turn, will reduce overall plant costs and result in improving profitability. The Fortum-Rusnano investment fund has signed an agreement for the supply of 14 turbines from Vestas Wind Systems for a 50 MW project in Russia. The project is the first in a series of projects set to be delivered in Russia by Fortum and state-run nanotechnology company Rusnano after they jointly won a 1 GW tender earlier this year. Vestas has been signed up to supply turbines for the projects and says it will build manufacturing facilities in Russia to comply with local content requirements. The first project is due to start operating in early 2019. The 1 GW of wind turbines to be installed by the investment fund are slated for commissioning in the 2018-2022 period. Fortum and Rusnano each hold per cent stakes in the investment vehicle. American Hydro boosts Belize plant American Hydro has won a contract to upgrade the Mollejon hydropower plant in Belize, Central America. American Hydro, a subsidiary of Wärtsilä Corporation, will provide Belize Electric Company (BECOL) with equipment and technical support to enhance the efficiency and performance of the 25 MW power plant, located on the Macal River near Belize City. In the first stage of the project, American Hydro will overhaul the G1 unit and replace old turbine components to increase overall plant efficiency. The agreement includes new turbine runners, stationary turbine seals, wicket gates and rehabilitation of essential operating components as well as technical support of disassembly, installation and commissioning. Installation and commissioning of the G1 unit is set to be completed in June 2018, prior to the Belize rainy season. Tyr chooses Siemens for Hickory Run Try Energy has selected Siemens as its technology partner for the 1000 MW Hickory Run Energy Center power plant in Pennsylvania, USA. Siemens will supply its H-class gas turbine technology for the new gasfired combined cycle power plant, which has been designed for fast, flexible operation. Siemens Financial Services is providing an equity investment and will own 20 per cent of the project alongside Tyr Energy, Inc. and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. Siemens has also signed a long-term service agreement for the plant, which is due to start operating in 2020. Wärtsilä to build Curaçao plant Aqualectra, the utility company of Curaçao, has placed an order with Wärtsilä to build a 39 MW power plant. The turnkey project will provide much needed additional generating capacity and provide Aqualectra with the fast starting capacity and flexibility needed to complement the addition of more wind power capacity to the island’s system, Wärtsilä said. The new plant will operate on four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines running initially on heavy fuel oil (HFO), but switching to liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel at a later date. The Wärtsilä solution will add needed reliability to the grid, and when running on LNG will notably reduce the utility’s environmental impact. The plant will be equipped with continuous emissions monitoring capability. The renewable energy business arm of Singapore-based Sembcorp has won a bid to set up a 250 MW wind power project in India. Sembcorp Green Infra won a tender conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) on behalf of the government of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and will develop the wind farm in phases. Power generated from the wind farm will be sold to SECI under a 25-year power purchase agreement. It will start operating in 2019. Kum Shing E&M Limited has awarded Shanahan Engineering a significant project management services contract for the first Siemens H-Class gas turbine combined cycle unit at Black Point Power Station in Hong Kong. The contract covers a suite of project management services from Shanahan Engineering’s Dublin headquarters; including management oversight, pre-planning, key construction management processes, delivery of key personnel and the use of Shanahan Engineering’s weld management systems. The new unit at Black Point will add another 550 MW to the existing 2525 MW power station. Korea Power Electric Corp. (Kepco) has signed a 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) deal to construct a coal fired plant in Vietnam. A consortium of Kepco and Japanese trading firm Marubeni will be in charge of construction as well as the operation of the 1200 MW power plant in the Nghi Son 2 economic zone in the central province of Thanh Hoa, about 200 km south of Hanoi. Construction of the plant will begin later this year with the aim of completion by the end of 2021. A consortium led by Hanwha Chemical has been selected as a preferred bidder by the Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRCC) to build a 100 MW floating solar power plant in Dangjin in South Korea’s South Chungcheong province. Construction of the project is due to start in 2019. It will span 1.2 km2 of water and will be the world’s largest floating solar plant by capacity when it starts operating in 2020. Siemens Gamesa has secured three new orders from two local IPPs for the supply of 60 MW for three onshore wind farms in Greece. One IPP has ordered 8 units of G114-2.0 MW at the Kali Hitsa wind farm (16 MW), located in the Aetolia Acarnania region, in the south of the country, and twelve G90-2.0 MW at the Litharoserma wind farm (24 MW), located in the same region. Additionally, a third project has been awarded by another local IPP to Siemens Gamesa for the supply of ten turbines of 2 MW (20 MW). The turbines will be supplied during the second half of 2018 and the company will provide operations and maintenance services at these three wind farms for the next ten years. The EIB has signed a €180 million financing agreement with a project company sponsored by GE and Green Investment Group Limited backing the construction of the largest onshore wind farm in Europe. GE and Green Investment Group have announced plans to build the 644 MW first phase of the Markbygden 1101 wind farm in northern Sweden, using 179 GE 3.6 MW wind turbine units installed near Piteå. “This fascinating project supported by the EIB is taking the use of wind energy to a new level,” said Alexander Stubb, EIB Vice-President responsible for EIB operations in northern European countries. “It will help Sweden to expand its renewable energy sector even beyond the objective set by the EU and makes the continent more sustainable and greener.” Of the EIB financing €100 million are backed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). Some €80 million of the EIB financing is covered by a guarantee provided by the German Export Credit Agency, Euler Hermes. NKT has signed a Preferred Bidder Agreement (PBA) with Moray Offshore Windfarm East Ltd for delivery and installation of export cable systems on the 950 MW Moray East wind farm off the coast of Scotland. The scope of works includes the manufacture of approximately 185 km of 220 kV AC offshore export cables, installation by the NKT Victoria cable-laying vessel, and burial of the cable. The final order is conditional upon final negotiation of the EPC contract and the project owner making a final investment decision (FID) for the offshore wind farm, NKT said. ABB has been selected by French grid operator RTE to deploy its ABB Ability Network Manager control system to enable operators to monitor and control the grid more efficiently. The ABB Ability Network Manager SCADA/EMS system (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Energy Management System) is a scalable solution that will help monitor and control the network with thousands of substations to ensure high system reliability across all of France, including Paris. ABB’s consortium partner, Atos Worldgrid, will be responsible for the system integration and maintenance of the system. “Our ABB Ability Network Manager control system will enable RTE to manage and optimise the transmission network across France and help maximise the reliable and efficient delivery of clean power to millions of consumers,” said Massimo Danieli, head of ABB’s Grid Automation business within the company’s Power Grids division. Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity has signed an agreement worth over $400 million with GE Power for the construction of 14 turnkey electricity substations and the refurbishment of a number of existing substations. The project will bring much needed power to areas of the country facing significant energy shortages and “represents a major milestone in… efforts to strengthen Iraq’s power transmission sector,” according to Mussab al-Mudaris, spokesperson of the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity. GE said it would support the government’s efforts to finance the project funding through various financial institutions, including export credit agencies and commercial banks. GE will develop the substations to connect power plants spread across the governorates of Ninawa, Salah Al Din, Al Anbar, Karbala, Baghdad, Qadisiyyah and Basra to the national grid. Several of the locations, in conflict affected areas, are continuing to recover and are in immediate need of reliable power infrastructure. Americas Asia-Pacific Sembcorp wins India wind contract Kum Shing awards Black Point contract Kepco inks Vietnam deal Hanwha to build floating solar power farm Siemens Gamesa to deliver 60 MW in Greece EIB backs Markbygden International THE ENERGY INDUSTRY TIMES - DECEMBER 2017 10 Tenders, Bids & Contracts Europe NKT secures Moray East PBA RTE gets smart GE supports Iraq power sector Doosan inks South Africa coal plant deal Vinci lights up Senegal solar Azito plans upgrade Fortum-Rusnano orders Vestas turbines
Energy Industry Times December 2017
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