MEED magazine reported that the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy received bids to design and build a gas-fired power plant according to the combined cycle system, with a capacity of 900 megawatts, as part of the fourth phase of the Subiya project.
In addition to the supply and installation of turbines and associated infrastructure, the contract covers the supply and installation of two gas oil tanks with a capacity of 15,000 cubic meters each, reports a local Arabic daily.
The project, in addition to what is planned to convert the existing 250-megawatt simple-cycle plant to a combined-cycle gas turbine system, aims to increase the generation capacity of the Subbiya Power Complex by 1,150 MW.
MEED indicated that Al-Ghanim International Company completed in 2019 the works of the simple cycle plant, while in 2020 it completed the combined cycle plant works in the Sabiya Energy Complex, indicating that there are a total of $6.9 billion of fossil-fired projects under construction. in Kuwait.
