Turbines contract for Siemens

Siemens has won a contract to supply components for the Ras Djinet and Ain Arnat combined cycle power plants, which will boost Algeria’s installed capacity by more than 2,000MW. Siemens will provide six SGT5-4000F gas turbines, six SST5-3000 steam turbines and six SGen5-2000H generators to Daewoo and Hyundai, which are building the plants for the state Société Algérienne de Production de l’Electricité. Siemens will also provide technical support and has agreed to a framework to provide spare parts over the next ten years.