Siemens Vitality and GE Vernova every introduced the businesses would help building of enormous combined-cycle energy crops in Saudi Arabia as a part of that nation’s plan to extend its provide of electrical energy to help a rising inhabitants.
The gas-fired services—Taiba 1 and a pair of, and Qassim 1 and a pair of—shall be constructed within the western and central areas of Saudi Arabia over the following few years. GE Vernova on June 24 mentioned it could construct the Taiba 1 and Qassim 1 energy crops, with Siemens Vitality supporting building of Taiba 2 and Qassim 2.
The services are every designed to generate about 1.9 GW to 2 GW of electrical energy. GE Vernova mentioned it had secured an order for six 7HA.03 fuel generators and two 7E.03 fuel generators from the engineering, procurement, and building (EPC) firm SEPCOIII Electrical Energy Development for Taiba 1, positioned in western Saudi Arabia about 60 miles southeast of Madinah metropolis. Qassim 1 is sited within the central area about 20 miles southeast of Buraydah metropolis.
GE Vernova mentioned its 7HA.03 fuel generators at the moment have the aptitude to burn as much as 50% by quantity of hydrogen when blended with pure fuel.
“The event of Taiba 1 and Qassim 1 crops is a really formidable challenge, and we’re proud to help it,” mentioned a spokesperson for SEPCOIII. “We’re additionally excited to work with GE Vernova to judge how carbon seize options might doubtlessly be built-in with these fuel energy crops to assist decrease emissions. We count on to see elevated long term demand for fuel crops built-in with carbon seize applied sciences, which is vital to decreasing emissions from fossil fuels and serving to battle local weather change.”
Along with the tools order, GE Vernova on Monday additionally introduced it had signed a 21-year service settlement to help plant operations with Riyadh-headquartered ACWA Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, Nationwide Operations & Upkeep Firm (NOMAC).
‘New Chapter” for Saudi Fuel-Fired Energy
“This challenge, which marks our largest single order for 7HA.03 fuel generators so far within the area, is anticipated to open up a brand new chapter for fuel energy era in Saudi Arabia,” mentioned Joseph Anis, president and CEO of GE Vernova’s Fuel Energy enterprise in Europe, the Center East, and Africa. “As an innovation chief within the path in direction of decarbonization, we’re happy with creating our first 7HA.03 challenge at GESAT and boosting the localization of the fuel generators trade in Saudi Arabia, in alignment with the dominion’s objectives for extra diversified and sustainable financial progress. We’re delighted to group with SEPCOIII and ACWA Energy’s NOMAC to deploy our most superior energy era applied sciences, providers, and confirmed experience in pure fuel mixed cycle plant engineering, operability, and plant integration, to help the transition to a lower-carbon vitality future.”
“We have now developed a productive and profitable role-model relationship with GE Vernova that can allow our collective organizations to ship significant innovation and vitality contributions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” mentioned Marco Arcelli, ACWA Energy CEO. “With at the moment’s signing of this contract, we mark not solely a milestone in our cooperation however pave the way in which to future collaborations for the safer, extra dependable, and extra sustainable manufacturing of electrical energy within the kingdom.”
Siemens HL-Class Generators
Taiba 2 and Qassim 2 will function Siemens’ HL-class generators, together with steam generators and turbines. China Vitality Worldwide Group will function the EPC and contracting companion for the Siemens initiatives.
“Saudi Arabia is driving ahead its imaginative and prescient 2030 to rework the dominion right into a pioneering financial location,” mentioned Karim Amin, member of the managing board of Siemens Vitality, and accountable for the enterprise space of the group’s Fuel Providers. “The brand new gas-fired energy crops will present dependable vitality provide and contribute to the sustainable and future-oriented improvement of the nation. Our Siemens Vitality native service hub in Dammam will make an essential contribution in increasing and localizing expertise and competencies within the kingdom.”
Saudi Arabia has a objective to achieve net-zero emissions of carbon by 2060 by increasing its use of recent and environment friendly gas-fired energy crops, together with carbon seize and storage. The gas-fired energy stations will assist change a part of Saudi Arabia’s fleet of older, oil-fired era services. Siemens Vitality on Monday mentioned the brand new crops will cut back emissions of carbon dioxide by as a lot as 60% in contrast with oil-fueled energy crops.
Siemens Vitality additionally has entered right into a 25-year upkeep contract for its two energy crops. The corporate mentioned the entire worth of the contract is about $1.5 billion.
Officers mentioned Taiba 2 and Qassim 2 will initially be linked to the grid in simple-cycle mode in 2026, and can transition to combined-cycle operation in 2027.
—Darrell Proctor is a senior affiliate editor for POWER (@POWERmagazine).
