The Besmaya Combined Cycle Electrical Power Plant Project was undertaken by ENKA on a ‘’Lump Sum Turn Key EPC’’ basis under a contract signed between ENKA and Mass Group Holding Ltd. in the last quarter of 2014.

Located 25 km southeast of Baghdad, the Besmaya Power Plant was designed as a dual fuel-fired combined cycle plant with a nominal capacity of 1,500 MW.

The simple cycle part of the plant consists of four GE 9FA series gas turbines, each nominally rated 250 MW, together with all auxiliaries and associated plant equipment.

The combined cycle part of the plant consists of four heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) with surface-type condensers, two steam turbine generators (STG) each nominally rated 250 MW, two wet type mechanical draft cooling towers and all the requisite equipment and systems for a safe, reliable and efficient combined cycle power generating facility.

The plant was commissioned and put into operation in two phases. In the first phase, both blocks of gas turbine generators (4×250 MW) were commissioned and taken into commercial operation in simple cycle mode generating electrical power for the grid at a nominal capacity of 1,000 MW. The combined cycle section which constitutes the second phase is complete.

The project was designed as a world-class power generation facility utilizing the latest technology in the market. Appropriate level of redundancy is included in each system so that no single failure of an auxiliary plant component results in the total loss of the unit generating capability. ENKA’s engineering team worked on the plant design to satisfy all of Owner’s needs and mitigated design criteria changes due to unforeseen factors.

The city of Baghdad suffered significant damage for the last several decades and just yet rebuilding its infrastructure. It was not possible to rely on the existing infrastructure in the area. Therefore, ENKA had established a self-sufficient temporary construction facilities complex at the jobsite to sustain construction works without any disruption or interruption.

ENKA’s responsibilities under the contract included engineering, procurement, fabrication, transport and logistics, construction, erection, installation, commissioning, startup and performance testing works for the whole power plant, as well as the training of operating and maintenance personnel and the provision of technical support for the operation of the plant.

• The project is to help addressing the urgent power needs of Baghdad and improve the living conditions in the Iraqi capital and surroundings.
• First IPP Project in Central Iraq.