Name and Location
Giza North gas-fired combined-cycle power project, Egypt.

Client
Cairo Electricity Production Company (CEPC).

Project Description
The proposed power plant will comprise three 750 MWe modules.

Each module will include three gas turbines, with a nominal electricity generating capacity of 250 MWe, and three heat recovery steam generators, feeding one steam generator with a nominal electricity generating capacity of 250 MWe for a total generating capacity of 2 250 MWe.

The power plant will use natural gas as its primary fuel and also it can operate using light fuel oil.

In addition, a small emergency generator operating on light fuel oil will be provided on site to drive key items of equipment in the power plant in the event of a power supply failure.

The power plant will incorporate a direct (once through) cooling system, using abstracted water from the El-Rayyah El-Beheiry. The abstracted water will also be used to provide process water make-up in the boiler system.

Canal water will be used as noncontact cooling water and for process water following desalination. The water will be pumped through a piping system running underground for water intake, while heated cooling water will be returned to the canal through a discharge piping system running underground and released almost on the verge of the canal bank.

The power from the plant will be sold to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company.

Value
$764-million.

Duration
The first unit of the plant is expected to be commissioned by the end of the year.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Shangdong Electric Power Construction Corporation III (engineering, procurement and construction contract), GE Energy (gas turbines and associated services) and Power Generation Engineering and Services Company (consultant).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
CEPC, tel +20 25794870, fax +20 25757894 or email info@cairoepc.com.
Shangdong Electric Power Construction Corporation III, tel +86 531-55697751 or email business@sepco.net.cn.
GE Energy, Lamia Jaroudi, tel +9714 429 6559 or email lamia.jaroudi@ge.com.
Power Generation Engineering and Services Company, tel +20 2 261 76494 or fax +20 2 26185415.