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26.07.2018 11:41
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In collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Siemens and its consortium partners, Orascom Construction and Elsewedy Electric, announced on 24th July 2018 the completion of the Egypt Megaproject in record time, announced the company in a press release.
Operations of the megaproject began on the 2nd March 2017 with a symbolic inauguration with the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser and further high-ranking representatives.
Additionally, the parties celebrated the combined cycle commissioning and the start of operations at the Beni Suef, Burullus and New Capital power plants. According to the press release the power plants will add a total of 14.4 gigawatts (GW) of power generation capacity to Egypt's national grid, enough power to supply up to 40 million people with reliable electricity.
Moreover, the company said that with this milestone, Egypt and Siemens have set a new world record for execution of modern, fast-track power projects, delivering 14.4 GW of power in only 27.5 months. A single combined cycle power plant block with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts typically takes approximately 30 months for construction. For the Egypt Megaproject Siemens in parallel built twelve of these blocks in record time and connected them to the grid.
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