Siemens wins order for 900 GW CCGT power project in Venezuela

Siemens has received an order to supply two power islands for the Juan Manuel Valdez Güiria CCGT plants in Venezuela.

These power plants will be constructed in two phases : the power plants will run firstly in simple cycle and will be converted in combined cycle in the second phase. Siemens will engineer and supply major equipment in the first phase including main components: four gas turbines, four generators, four bypass stacks, as well as the instrumentation and control equipment. Phase one will have a total capacity of approximately 700 MW.

Phase two will include engineering and supply of major equipment including four heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), two steam turbines with generators (+300 MW, raising the plant capacity to more than 900 MW) and the instrumentation and control system. Siemens will also provide technical field assistance (TFA) during the erection and commissioning for both phases of the project. The customer is Elecnor, one of Spain's leading engineering and construction companies, which is building the plant on a turnkey basis for PDVSA. The plant, also known as CIGMA due to its location in Complejo Industrial Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho), is scheduled to begin commercial operation in 2015.