Thailand: EGAT selects builders for 1.2 GW South Bangkok CCGT project

Thailand: EGAT selects builders for 1.2 GW South Bangkok CCGT project

Thailand state-owned utility Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
(EGAT) has awarded a consortium of Siemens and Marubeni a US$550m turnkey
order for the delivery of the South Bangkok CCGT power project in Thailand.

The project will feature two units in a single-shaft configuration , two
SGT5-8000H gas turbines, two SGen5-3000W generators and two steam turbines
of model SST5-5000. The power plant will have a total capacity of 1,200 MW;
commissioning is scheduled in 2019.

In the last ten years, Siemens and Marubeni Corporation already have built
731 MW Chana-1, 710 MW Bang Pakong 5, 800 MW Chana-2 and 750 MW Wang No- 4
CCGT projects for EGAT.

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Link to Original Article:
http://www.enerdata.net/enerdatauk/press-and-publication/energy-news-001/ega
t-selects-builders-12-gw-south-bangkok-ccgt-project-thailand_39692.html

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com