SEWA Marks Start-up Of Trial Ops For 345MW Power Plant – MEP MiddleEast

  • Date: 31-Jan-2022
  • Source: MEP Middle East
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  • Country:Middle East
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SEWA Marks Start-up Of Trial Ops For 345MW Power Plant – MEP MiddleEast

The Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA) has started-up trial operations of the first gas-fired power plant with a capacity of 345MW within the Al Layyeh power plant expansion project to generate electricity.

The plant’s development and expansion project consists of two M701F gas turbines with a capacity of 345MW per unit; two heat recovery boilers; and a 336 MW steam turbine with a combined total efficiency of more than 60% of the overall capacity. 

The total cost of the Al Layyeh power plant expansion project amounts to approximately $544.5mn (AED2bn).