The Shat Al-Basrah Desalination Power Plant is 1,900MW gas fired power project. It is planned in Basra, Iraq. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the partially active stage. It will be developed in multiple phases. Post completion of the construction, the project is expected to get commissioned in 2015. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project is being developed by Kar Electrical Power Production Trading and Ministry of Electricity, Iraq. The project is currently owned by Ministry of Electricity, Iraq.
It is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant. The power plant can run on dual-fuel. The primary fuel being used to power the plant will be natural gas. In case of shortage of natural gas the plant will run on Heavy Fuel Oil / Light distillate oil. The fuel will be procured from Basrah Refinery.
Development status
Post completion of the construction, the project is expected to get commissioned in 2015.
Contractors involved
China Machinery Engineering is expected to render engineering procurement construction services for the Shat Al-Basrah Desalination Power Plant (Shat Al-Basrah Combined Cycle Power Plant Steam Turbine) project. Metka is expected to render engineering procurement construction services for the Shat Al-Basrah Desalination Power Plant (Shat Al-Basrah Combined Cycle Power Plant Gas Turbine) project. Shamara Holding Group is expected to render engineering procurement construction services for the Shat Al-Basrah Desalination Power Plant (Shat Al-Basrah Combined Cycle Power Plant Gas Turbine) project.
Shat Al-Basrah Desalination Power Plant (Shat Al-Basrah Combined Cycle Power Plant Gas Turbine) will be equipped with GE Power 9E gas turbines. The phase consists of 10 gas turbines with 125MW nameplate capacity.
Shat Al-Basrah Desalination Power Plant (Shat Al-Basrah Combined Cycle Power Plant Steam Turbine) will be equipped with Siemens Energy SST-5000 steam turbines. The phase consists of 5 steam turbines.
Wuxi Huaguang Boiler is likely to be the supplier of steam boiler for the project.
Shamara Holding Group is expected to perform operations and maintenance for the Shat Al-Basrah Desalination Power Plant (Shat Al-Basrah Combined Cycle Power Plant Gas Turbine).
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About Ministry of Electricity, Iraq
Ministry of Electricity of Iraq (MEI) is a government owned electric commission. It is the principal organization that administers the power sector in the country. The ministry is responsible for generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Iraq. MEI classifies its operations into DG of production, DG of transmission, DG of distribution and DG of projects. The ministry is also responsible for operation maintenance and control; training and development; and importing electricity from neighboring countries such as Syria, Turkey and Iran. It imports electricity from these countries to meet Iraq's excess electricity demand. Ministry of Electricity of Iraq is headquartered in Baghdad, Iraq.
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