The Subbiya power plant, expected to come on line in the summer of 2011, will have a capacity of 2,000 megawatts, GE said in a statement yesterday.
“It is an important step in our plans to boost power capacity to meet continuing demand, which is projected to grow at about eight percent a year,” GE quoted Kuwait’s Minister of Electricity and Water Badr Al Shuraian as saying.
General Electric, which will supply equipment and services, has a $ 1.3bn share in the contract, the statement said.
GE will supply six gas turbines and three steam turbines.
Hyundai will carry out the engineering, procurement and construction of the plant, it added.
The plant will come on line in two stages, the first in 2011 and generating 1,300 megawatts, and the second in 2012 generating 700 megawatts, it added.
Last month, Kuwait chose General Electric to build the Subbiya plant after it had the lowest bid for about 760m dinars ($ 2.65bn).
The U S giant beat other pre-qualified firms for the projects such as Germany’s Siemens, Japan’s Mitsui & Co and Marubeni Corp, Spain’s Iberdrola and Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Limited.
