GE Energy announced on Monday that it has signed a contract to deliver a Mark VIe integrated control system (ICS) at Saudi Electricity Company's (SEC) Riyadh Power Plant 10. The advanced optimization and control technology is designed to improve overall plant reliability and deliver operational and maintenance efficiency over the generating life of the facility. The project reflects GE Energy's service mission of helping customers achieve cleaner, smarter, and more efficient power plant operations, GE said in a statement. “The Saudi Arabian government's stated goal is to add 30 gigawatts of generating capacity to the electricity grid by 2020. As the leading electricity supplier in the region, SEC consistently adapts to the evolving conditions to meet increasing demand. Our relationship with GE, which spans more than 40 years, has played a key role in meeting the need for additional power throughout the Kingdom,” said Eng. Ali Saleh Al-Barrak, president and CEO of Saudi Electricity Company. In what will be one of the largest installations of a Mark VIe control worldwide, GE Energy will be responsible for the engineering, supply, and technical installation services for the ICS at the 2,000-MW PP10 power plant, consisting of more than 30 GE Frame 7EA gas turbine generating units. The plant-wide and turbine control system, developed based on over 100 years of power generation expertise, will be integrated into a single, easy-to-use platform and represents GE's most advanced control solution available. The ICS system is expected to ship later this year. “This latest contract for SEC's PP10 project reflects GE's continued commitment to provide Saudi Arabia and the region with power generation solutions and quality services to help meet energy demands, “ said Joseph Anis, president of GE Energy for the Middle East. “With our established track record for delivering solutions that are reliable, flexible and available in the Middle East, we continue to increase our local presence and expand regional training, project management and services capabilities to better serve our customers. Our regional teams will be fully engaged for the successful execution of this project.” This is the latest in a series of GE contracts on SEC power projects that are adding much needed support for the Kingdom's demand for power, which is growing at an estimated 8 percent per year. It follows GE's announcement earlier this year for a contract of nearly $1 billion to supply more than 30 Frame 7EA gas turbines at SEC's PP10 site. When completed, the PP10 project will increase the power capacity in SEC's Central Operating Area by 20 percent, helping to improve the reliability and delivery of power to SEC's customers. GE Energy is a regional leader in power generation, with more than 1,000 turbines installed throughout the Middle East providing more than 70 gigawatts. GE Energy today has regional management and project management offices as well as local repair and service facilities to serve its customers in the region. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corp. (SWCC) will look for contractors interested in bidding for the relaunch of a $6 billion Ras Al Zour power and water plant project, the company said in a statement on Monday at the Saudi Water & Power Forum 2009 here. It plans to hold a roadshow in Bahrain on Oct. 19, it added. SWCC plans to tender first the power plant and the desalination unit under engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis. The plant is set to produce 1 million cubic meters a day of water and 1,000 megawatts of power. The project was originally planned to be built and run by a private sector consortium led by Sumitomo Corp. However, as the global meltdown hit the consortium, the project was relaunched under the auspices of SWCC. - SG/Agencies with Saudi government guarantees. The Saudi government decided to finance it through SWCC. Ras Al Zour is located north of Al-Khobar in the Eastern Province. - SG/Agencies Saudi Arabia plans to relaunch bids for a large-scale power and water desalination plant in November after increasing its target capacity, the Kingdom's water and electricity minister said. Japan's Sumitomo Corp said in May it has put on hold its consortium's plans for the Ras Azzour project, estimated to cost $6 billion, after Saudi Arabia said the plant was no longer designated an independent project. “The project will be tendered, God willing, in November,” Abdullah Bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Husayen said in a speech. “It is in the best interest that the Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC), implements the project with full government funding,” he said. SWCC is a state-owned electricity and water desalination company. - SG/Agencies JEDDAH - GE Energy announced on Monday that it has signed a contract to deliver a Mark VIe integrated control system (ICS) at Saudi Electricity Company's (SEC) Riyadh Power Plant 10 (PP10). This advanced optimization and control technology is designed to improve overall plant reliability and deliver operational and maintenance efficiency over the generating life of the facility. The project reflects GE Energy's service mission of helping customers achieve cleaner, smarter, and more efficient power plant operations. “The Saudi Arabian government's stated goal is to add 30 gigawatts of generating capacity to the electricity grid by 2020,” said Eng. Ali Saleh Al-Barrak, president and CEO of Saudi Electricity Company. “As the leading electricity supplier in the region, SEC consistently adapts to the evolving conditions to meet increasing demand. Our relationship with GE, which spans more than 40 years, has played a key role in meeting the need for additional power throughout the Kingdom.” In what will be one of the largest installations of a Mark VIe control worldwide, GE Energy will be responsible for the engineering, supply, and technical installation services for the ICS at the 2,000-MW PP10 power plant, consisting of more than 30 GE Frame 7EA gas turbine generating units. The plant-wide and turbine control system, developed based on over 100 years of power generation expertise, will be integrated into a single, easy-to-use platform and represents GE's most advanced control solution available. The ICS system is expected to ship later this year. “This latest contract for SEC's PP10 project reflects GE's continued commitment to provide Saudi Arabia and the region with power generation solutions and quality services to help meet energy demands, “ said Joseph Anis, President of GE Energy for the Middle East. “With our established track record for delivering solutions that are reliable, flexible and available in the Middle East, we continue to increase our local presence and expand regional training, project management and services capabilities to better serve our customers. Our regional teams will be fully engaged for the successful execution of this project.” This is the latest in a series of GE contracts on SEC power projects that are adding much needed support for the Kingdom's demand for power, which is growing at an estimated 8 percent per year. It follows GE's announcement earlier this year for a contract of nearly $1 billion to supply more than 30 Frame 7EA gas turbines at SEC's PP10 site. When completed, the PP10 project will increase the power capacity in SEC's Central Operating Area by 20 per cent, helping to improve the reliability and delivery of power to SEC's customers. GE Energy is a regional leader in power generation, with more than 1,000 turbines installed throughout the Middle East providing more than 70 gigawatts. GE Energy today has regional management and project management offices as well as local repair and service facilities to serve its customers in the region. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia plans to relaunch bids for a large-scale power and water desalination plant in November after increasing its target capacity, the Kingdom's water and electricity minister said. Japan's Sumitomo Corp said in May it has put on hold its consortium's plans for the Ras Azzour project, estimated to cost $6 billion, after Saudi Arabia said the plant was no longer designated an independent project. “The project will be tendered, God willing, in November,” Abdullah Bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Husayen said in a speech. “It is in the best interest that the Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC), implements the project with full government funding,” he said. SWCC is a state owned electricity and water desalination company.
