Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle
 Power Plants in Tunisia

Rades Carthage Location: Tunisia Operator: Carthage Power Co sarl Configuration: 480-MW, 2+1 combined-cycle plant with 9001E gas turbines Fuel: natural gas, diesel oil Operation: 2002 HRSG supplier: ?? T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: Alstom, AIC Construction Quick facts: This IPP dates to an April 1996 RFP from the Ministry of Industry. K&M Engineering acted as the government’s consultant. In May 1997, eight consortia submitted bids and, in Sep 1997, Carthage Power won the award for a CCGT plant and a 20yr PPA with STEG. The original consortium was led by PSEG Enterprises (35%), Marubeni (32.5%), and Sithe Energies Inc. The consortium’s financial adviser was Sanwa Bank Ltd, and BNP Paribas, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and UFJ Bank Ltd underwrote the project debt. In May 1999, Alstom was awarded a €170mn turnkey contract to supply the generating equipment and the plant went commercial in Jun 2002. In late 2000, PSEG and Marubeni acquired Sithe Energies’ share and in May 2004, PSEG sold its controlling interest in CPC to BTU Power Co for $43mn. Photograph courtesy of Carthage Power Co Posted 16 Apr 2008	El Biban Location: Tunisia Operator: Societe d’Electricite d’El Bibane (SEEB) Configuration: 2 X 13.5 MW Titan 130S gas turbines Operation: 2003 Fuel: flare gas T/G supplier: Solar EPC: MADSA Quick facts: This is Tunisia’s second IPP and went online in Nov 2003. SEEB is a joint venture of Centurion Energy Inc, Caterpillar Power Ventures International Ltd (CPV), and CME International which has a 20yr PPA with STEG. The $30mn power plant and associated power distribution system was designed to take advantage of flare gas available from a nearby offshore oil field. Photograph courtesy of Power Posted 21 Feb 2004	La Goulette Location: Tunisia Operator: Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz (STEG) Configuration: 2 x 120 MW 9001E gas turbines Operation: 2004-2005 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE EPC: GE, STI, SOCOBAT Photograph courtesy of Studio Tecnico di Ingegneria Srl (STI) Posted 8 Nov 2006
	Sousse Location: Tunisia Operator: Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz (STEG) Configuration: 357-MW, 2+1 combined-cycle plant with 9001E gas turbines Fuel: natural gas, distillate Operation: 1994-1995 HRSG supplier: Stein T/G supplier: EGT, GEC-Alstom EPC: EGT, L'Enterprise Ali M'Heni Quick facts: This was the first CCGT plant on the STEG system. Photograph courtesy of Alstom Posted 16 Jul 2006

Abbreviations:  CCGT = combined-cycle gas turbine, EGT = European Gas Turbine, GE = General Electric, IPP = independent power project, PPA = power purchase agreement, T/G = turbine/generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 04/16/08

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