UAE’s first GE HA turbines installed at Hamriyah Independent Power Plant

UAE’s first GE HA turbines installed at Hamriyah Independent Power Plant

SHARJAH - The UAE's first two GE HA gas turbines have been delivered, and are currently undergoing installation and commissioning works at the 1.8 gigawatts (GW) Hamriyah Independent Power Plant. The project is expected to be the most efficient power plant in the Middle East's utilities sector, contributing towards UAE Energy Strategy's goal of reducing the carbon footprint of power generation. GE is supplying a total of three 9HA.01 units and other power generation technologies for the facility. It will also provide parts, repairs and maintenance services for power generation assets at the site for a period of approximately 25 years.Co-developers GE Energy Financial Services ("GE EFS") and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation ("Sumitomo") signed an approximately 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) in 2018 to develop, build and operate the plant. Following financial close in 2019, co-developers along with Shikoku Electric Power Company and Sharjah Asset Management ("SAM"), the investment arm of the Government of Sharjah, formed a joint venture company - Sharjah Hamriyah Independent Power Company (SHIPCO) - to build, own and operate the project, which is the first independent combined cycle power plant in Sharjah.Saeed Sultan Al Suwaidi, Chairman of SEWA said,