GE Wins Six Saudi Power Package Contracts

GE signed contracts totaling almost US$300 million with the Saudi Electricity Company to supply 13 gas turbines for the expansion of six Saudi power plants.

The six sites for the expansions are Wadi Al Dwasir, Tabuk, Qurrayat, Sharura, Ala-Wajh and Najran simple-cycle power plants, according to a company statement. The gas turbines will be manufactured in GE’s factory in Greenville, S.C., and will be delivered to the plants during the fourth quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013.

The expansions will add nearly 800 megawatts of power to the Saudi grid by the summer of 2013.