GE has awarded a $1bln contract in Saudi Arabia

GE has been awarded a landmark contract valued at nearly $1 billion for the engineering, construction and provision of gas turbine services for the Waad Al Shamal combined cycle power plant of Saudi Electricity Company. Scheduled for completion in 48 months, the plant will support the phosphate mining operations in the locality, in turn driving industrialization and job creation for Saudi nationals.
GE will deliver the turnkey power plant, supplying four advanced GE 7F.05 heavy duty gas turbines and a GE steam turbine, and featuring solar innovation technology. The 1,390 MW combined cycle plant will be able to provide the equivalent power needed to supply more than 500,000 Saudi homes.
One of the gas turbines will be assembled fully at the GE Manufacturing Technology Center in Dammam, underlining GE’s commitment to localization. The remaining gas turbines will be produced at GE’s manufacturing plant in Greenville, SC, USA, and the steam turbine will be produced at GE’s manufacturing plant in Schenectady, NY, USA.
Earlier this year, GE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SEC to set up a joint venture that will extend operations and maintenance (O&M) support to SEC’s power plants in the Kingdom. GE will extend its advanced technologies and train SEC staff to undertake the O&M services. Today, GE’s advanced turbines support power generation in over 40 SEC sites in the Kingdom.