South Korea's Hanwha Engineering Secures $195 Million Contract for Gas-Fired Plant in Jordan

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--South Korean engineering firm Hanwha Engineering and Construction Corporation (Seoul, South Korea) has secured a $194.9 million contract to develop the third phase of the Samra power project in Jordan. The contract was awarded by state-owned Samra Electric Power Generating Company (SEPGCo) (Amman, Jordan).

Under the contract, Hanwha will develop two gas-fired units with a combined power generating capacity of 285.74 megawatts (MW). The first unit is scheduled for commissioning within 14 months; the second unit is to be commissioned two months thereafter. The project will be financed by Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.

The first phase of the Samra power plant was commissioned in 2005 at a total cost of $176 million. It comprises a 300-MW combined-cycle unit that operates on natural gas as the primary fuel and diesel oil as the secondary fuel. It consists of two Frame 9171E gas turbine and generator units of 100 MW each supplied by General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut) and a steam turbine and generator unit of 100 MW supplied by Fuji Electric Holdings Company Limited (TYO:6504) (Tokyo, Japan).

Phase II of the venture entails the addition of two 100-MW natural gas-fired turbines and a 100-MW steam turbine. The first of the gas turbines was commissioned in December 2007. The second unit is under construction and is scheduled for commissioning in the summer of 2010.

The contract awarded to Hanwha constitutes the simple-cycle third phase of the power venture and will augment the generating capacity of the Samra power plant to nearly 900 MW, making it the largest power plant in the country. The government of Jordan is also considering plans to convert the facility to a combined-cycle station, based on the requirements of the power grid. If this conversion were to be implemented, the power plant would be capable of generating an additional 130 MW of power, taking the total installed capacity of the Samra power facility to more than 1,000 MW.

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