The consortium formed by ENKA’s wholly owned subsidiary Entrade GmbH and Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG has signed a turnkey contract with the Ministry of Electricity of Iraq for the construction of a 921.8 MW natural gas combined cycle power plant in Nasiriyah, Iraq.

The plant will be constructed on a lump-sum turnkey basis, and the scope of the consortium includes engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning works to ensure safe and reliable operation of the power plant in accordance with the EPC contract terms. The project is based on a power island configuration comprising 2 Siemens SGT5-4000F gas turbines, 1 SST5-5000 steam turbine, 3 air-cooled generators SGen5-2000P for the gas and steam turbines, and 2 drum-type heat recovery steam generators.

In addition to power block equipment, an air-cooled condenser, 132 kV gas-insulated switchgear, step-up transformers, and other balance-of-plant mechanical and electrical equipment will also be provided. The gas turbines are designed to operate on natural gas, with hydrogen (H2) as an optional future fuel. The project will help meet the urgent power needs of Iraq and improve the living conditions in the cities and surroundings.

ENKA’s scope of work consists of design, detailed engineering, procurement and delivery of all project material and balance of plant equipment; installation and construction, interconnection, pre-commissioning, commissioning & start-up, demonstration of parallel operation with the grid at the required net output, training of the operating and maintenance personnel, and preparation of integrated operation and maintenance manuals according to the division of work with Siemens for the power plant.

Siemens scope of supply, the power island part of the plant including auxiliaries and mechanical systems (base module, air intake structure, exhaust gas diffuser, generator cooling fin-fan cooler, lube oil fin-fan cooler, compressor cleaning unit, etc.), electrical equipment and control system (GT control system, two (2) power control centers, SEE/SFC transformers, CEMS unit, DCS system, etc); commissioning & start-up of power train equipment, performance testing, training of the operating and maintenance personnel.