Egyptian company Elsewedy Electricity and China’s Sinohydro have been awarded an EPC contract for Saudi Arabia’s 2.3GW Rabigh 2 expansion. The project, which achieved financial close on 1 October, is being developed by the Al-Mourjan 2 Electricity Company (Acwa 40%, Saudi Energy 40%, Haaco 20%).
The Rabigh 2 expansion facility will be a large, highly efficient gas-fired CCGT plant on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast. It will have six Siemens Energy SGT6-5000F gas turbines and two Siemens SST-5000 steam turbines, and is being built to accommodate a future carbon capture unit (CCS). (CONTINUED - 322 WORDS)
