This is one the largest orders posted by Siemens Energy in the Middle East, the German firm announced.
The purchaser is a consortium comprising Al-Arrab Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia and China’s Sepco lll Electric Power Construction Corp.
Commercial operation of the Ras Al-Zour power plant, located around 75km northwest of Jubail, is scheduled to start in early 2014.
For the power plant, Siemens will supply 12 gas turbines, 10 heat-recovery steam generators, five steam turbines, and the associated auxiliary and ancillary systems.
The 2,400-megawatt (MW) plant will generate electricity to an aluminum smelting plant, and around 225 MiGD (million imperial gallons per day) of drinking water for Riyadh.
That amount is equivalent to around one billion liters of drinking water or around 200 liters per inhabitant.
“Ras Al-Zour is one of the most important mega projects in Saudi Arabia,” said Michael Suess, CEO of the fossil power generation division of Siemens Energy.
“It is another great example of the outstanding strength in the partnership between Siemens, ACC and Sepco,” he added.
“With this step, Siemens establishes its dominant role for advanced gas turbines worldwide as well as in Saudi Arabia,” Suess said.
After the Shuaibah IWPP, Jeddah III, Ghazlan and Alkhobar projects, Ras Al-Zour will be the fifth large-capacity power plant built by Siemens in Saudi Arabia.
The company will also supply four gas turbines to Saudi Arabia for the Hail Extension II and Al-Qurayat Expansion II projects, a company statement said.
High-efficiency combined-cycle power plants are part of Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio, it pointed out.
