MHI receives four M701F gas turbine orders from Egyptian power producers

MHI jointly with Toyota Tsusho Corporation, has received orders for a total of four M701F gas turbines from West Delta Electricity Production Company (WDEPC) and Middle Delta Electricity Production Company (MDEPC), both of Egypt. The contracts, calling for two units each, were signed in Cairo on September 13. WDEPC and MDEPC are both building gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation plants to meet robust electricity demand, which is expanding continuously in tandem with Egypt's steady economic growth. The new power plants are slated to go on-stream in July 2009.

The gas turbines on order will be installed at WDEPC's existing Sidi Krir Power Station located approximately 30 kilometers west of Alexandria, Egypt's second-largest city, and at MDEPC's El Atf Power Station, some 60 kilometers west of Alexandria. The El Atf Power Station will be newly built on vacant property formerly occupied by a power station.

Each new GTCC power plant will have a generation capacity of 750 MW and will comprise two 265 MW gas turbines, a steam turbine, three generators and two heat recovery steam generators (HRSG). MHI will be responsible for supply, installation and overall coordination of the gas turbines and their auxiliary equipment. Power Generation Engineering & Services Company (PGESCo), a local power plant engineering and consulting company, will be responsible for coordination of the steam turbines, HRSGs and civil work, which are expected to be ordered separately.