Ansaldo Energia has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Société Tunisienne de l’Élecriticité et du Gaz (STEG) to build a 625MW gas-fired open cycle thermoelectric power station in Mornaguia, south-west of Tunis, Tunisia
According to the company, the contract is worth of US$291.04mn.
Under the terms of the contract, Ansaldo has also signed and a long-term service agreement (LTSA) contract covering maintenance and assistance work for the plant.
The plant will be equipped with two AE94.3A model gas turbines, the relative generators and auxiliary systems, built in Ansaldo Energia’s Genoa production facilities.
Work will take 22 months from receipt of the notice to proceed, said Ansaldo.
“This new order is the result of concerted teamwork involving the entire company,” commented Giuseppe Zampini, CEO of Ansaldo Energia.
“I’d like to thank the government institutions involved for their constant and effective support in defence of Italian industry on international markets,” Zampini added.
Ansaldo Energia consolidates and strengthens its historic presence in Tunisia, where it built the ‘Sousse C’ and ‘Sousse D’ plants in the Sidi Abdel-Hamid region (Sousse Governorate) and the ‘Rades B’ plant, where it coordinates service work on the Ghannouch plant.
