Consortium wins Ras Abu Fontas EPC contract
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The 511MW peak generation plant will cost approximately $439.5m
Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) has awarded a consortium led by South Korea's Doosan Enerbility and which?includes?Beijing-headquartered PowerChina, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a single-cycle gas turbine generation plant at Ras Abu Fontas.
QEWC and?Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) recently signed a power-purchase agreement for the?peak electricity generation plant, located in the Ras Abu Fontas Industrial Zone on the south side of Doha.
The main scope of work includes the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of two F-class gas turbine generator sets and related auxiliary systems.
The total contractual capacity for the units is 511MW, with a total cost of approximately QR1.6bn ($439.5m). The peak power plant is scheduled to become operational by January 2027.
A peak power unit?typically refers to an open-cycle gas turbine plant that can help increase the electricity grid's flexibility to meet peak demand.
Kahramaa and QEWC said the project?represents a “strategic step towards enhancing the stability and reliability of the national electricity grid, as well as supporting efforts to expand the use of solar energy within the country’s energy mix”.
US/India-based Synergy Consulting provided financial advisory services to QEWC on the transaction.
This development comes a few months after Qatari state-owned petroleum company?QatarEnergy unveiled plans to build a?2,000MW solar power project in Qatar’s Dukhan area.
The initiative is expected to more than double Qatar’s solar energy production capacity, while contributing significantly to lowering the nation’s carbon emissions.
The Gulf state expects to build a renewable energy capacity of about 4,000MW by 2030, which is nearly 40% of its current capacity.
Qatar's first solar independent power project, the?800MW Al-Kharsaah scheme, is now operational.
Construction is under way on two other solar photovoltaic EPC?projects that will have a total combined capacity of?875MW.
South Korea's Samsung C&T?is constructing the 458MW?Ras Laffan?and 417MW Mesaieed solar power plants.
In November, Kahramaa awarded a contract to develop its fifth?independent water and power project (IWPP). The?gas-fired?Facility E IWPP?project will have a power generation capacity of 2,300MW and a water desalination capacity of 100 million imperial gallons a day.