GE completes gas turbine upgrade at Egypt power plant
CAIRO — GE announced that it has completed the modernization of its latest combustion solutions for the 9FA gas turbine at the Kureimat power plant, located in Atfieh, Upper Egypt, and owned by the Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company.
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The upgrade has been implemented on the first of two 9FA gas turbines at the site, increasing the unit’s output from 250 MW to 270 MW and improving its efficiency by 2.8%, in addition to lowered fuel consumption and reduced operational costs by extending outages intervals. As a result, UEEPC will be able to recognize approximately $3.5 million in extra revenues annually.
“The upgrades by GE will include best-in-class technology and will help us meet our three main goals: increasing efficiency and output of our power plant as well as reducing downtime for outages,” said Eng. Ibarahim AlShahat, chairman of the Upper Egypt Electricity Company. “Through our collaboration, we look forward to improving flexibility and operational efficiency of our existing power plant for the coming years.”
The Kureimat power plant is a combined-cycle plant that is powered by two 9FA gas turbines, each generating 250 MW, and a steam turbine, with a total output of 750 MW.
This is the second time this upgrade is implemented in Egypt, and upgrade of the second unit is expected to be completed by mid-2017.
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