Egypt State Information Service (Cairo)

Egypt: Younis - Egp1.5 Billion-Power Plant Contracts Signed

30 July 2012

Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Yunis attended on Sunday 29/7/2012 the signing ceremony of two contracts worth EGP1.5 billion for Suez power plant whereby a steam turbine and a condenser are to be provided.

Suez electricity generation steam station is one of the projects of the five-year plan 2012/2017, Yunis said in statements following the signing ceremony, adding that it will be operated in December 2015.

The 650-mw power plant will be linked to the 500-kilovolt unified national power grid as well, he added.

The station contains a steam boiler that uses natural gas and heavy oil as fuel, a steam turbine, a condenser and a generator, he pointed out.

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