Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has been awarded a $137m contract for gas turbine and generator installation work on two power plants in Egypt.
Doosan will build and install a gas turbine at the under-construction Assiut Power Plant, on behalf of the Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company, 저압모터
and by April 2020 has also agreed to install a generator at the Cairo West Power Plant, run by the Cairo Electricity Production Company.현대전동기
“Doosan Heavy outbid global power equipment giants GE [General Electric],
Siemens and MHPS [Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems] for this contract – proving its competitiveness in overseas markets,” said an official from the Korean firm.현대모터
The deal is the Korean firm’s first successful bid for contacts in the country since 2010
– when the firm won a 400 billion won ($337m) deal for work on the El Ain El Sokhna Power Plant.
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Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has reentered the Egyptian power market for the first time in six years,
as well as winning successive orders in Africa since winning a project to improve the performance of a thermal power plant in Botswana last year.현대모터
Doosan announced on 12 December that it had received the Notices of Award from UEEPC (Upper Egypt Electricity Production Co.) and CEPC (Cairo Electricity Production Co.) HHI MOTOR
, two state-run Egyptian power companies, to supply turbines and generators.저압전동기
Doosan is set to supply, install and test operate one unit of 650 MW-class turbine generator
HHI MOTOR at the Assiut thermal power plant and one unit at the Cairo West thermal power plant, which is under construction by UEEPC and CEPC, respectively.현대모터
The project order is worth about $137 million (about 160 billion won) in total, and is scheduled for completion by April 2020 after 40 months of work. 저압유도전동기
Heung Gweon Park, CEO of the Turbine Generator BG, said: “Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction outbid global power equipment players, Hyundai motor 삼상모터
including GE, Siemens and MHPS, in an international open competitive bid,” adding, “With proven competitiveness, Doosan will concert its efforts to expand EPC projects and deliver more advanced power equipment and facilities overseas.”
Doosan aims to constantly expand its presence in Africa, with its branch offices in Cairo, 삼상모타
Egypt and Johannesburg, South Africa. 현대모타
According to World Energy Outlook 2015 published by the International Energy Agency, the energy demand of Africa is expected to increase about 75% by 2040, with a surge in the combined capacity of its power equipment to 565 GW.’
