Name and Location
Ain Djasser III gas-fired power plant project, Batna, Algeria.

Client
Sociéte Algérienne de Production de l’Electricité.

Project Description
The project involves the construction of the 340 MW Ain Djasser III gas-fired power plant, in the northern province of Batna.

Ain Djasser III is part of a large-scale investment programme that Algeria’s public utility Sonelgaz (of which Sociéte Algérienne de Production de l’Electricité is a subsidiary) is pursuing to almost double electricity generation within the next three to four years.

Algeria’s power consumption has been increasing by about 10% a year in recent years.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
Not stated.

Latest Developments
Leading power and automation technology group ABB has won orders from Ansaldo Energia to supply a plant automation system and substation expansion for the new Ain Djasser III gas-fired power plant.

ABB will provide a distributed control system for the 340 MW open-cycle power plant, based on the Symphony Plus total plant automation platform.

The solution includes the platform’s intuitive and easy-to-use S+ Operations human machine interface and a Symphony Harmony rack input-/output- based turbine control system.

ABB will also expand the 220 kV air-insulated substation that feeds the power produced by the Ain Djasser plants into the Algerian transmission grid.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Ansaldo Energia (gas turbines) and ABB (plant automation system and substation expansion).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Sociéte Algérienne de Production de l’Electricité, tel +213 21 83 84 00 or fax +213 21 83 95 13.
Ansaldo Energia, tel +39 010 6551 or fax +39 010 6553411.
ABB Power Products and Power Systems head of communications Harmeet Bawa, email harmeet.bawa@ch.abb.com.