Siemens will supply key components for the IPP Qurayyah combined cycle power plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Arab News reported the deal is worth $1 billion to Siemens.
With an installed capacity of 4 GW, the natural-gas-fired power plant will supply enough electrical energy to meet about one-tenth of the current power demand from the country's 28 million inhabitants.
Commissioning of the total of six blocks is scheduled for 2014. The project consortium is led by the Saudi company ACWA Power with Samsung C&T and MENA fund as further members. Siemens received the order from Samsung.
The Arab News said Siemens’ "scope of supply encompasses a total of 12 SGT6-5000F gas turbines, 18 generators of the SGEN6-1000A series and six SST6-4000 steam turbines together with the associated electrical systems."
