Gas- and Oil-Fired Plants in Egypt

Abu Qir
Location: Al Iskandariyah
Operator: West Delta Electricity Production Co
Configuration: 4 X 150 MW, 1 X 330 MW
Operation: 1983-1991
Fuel: natural gas, heavy oil
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: BBC, Alstom
EPC: Sogea
Quick facts: At completion, Units 1-4 were the largest generating units in Egypt.

Photograph courtesy of Alstom
Posted 8 Oct 2004

Ataka (Suez)
Location: As Suways
Operator: East Delta Electricity Production Co
Configuration: 2 X 150 MW, 2 X 300 MW
Operation: 1985-1989
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Biro, Stein
T/G supplier: Siemens, Fuji
EPC: Siemens, Sadelmi, Electrowatt

Photograph courtesy of Siemens AG
Posted 11 Sep  2004

Ayoun Moussa
Location: As Suways
Operator:
East Delta Electricity Production Co
Configuration: 2 X 320 MW
Operation: 2001
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: BWC
T/G supplier: Siemens
EPC: Bechtel

Photograph courtesy of Siemens AG
Posted 29 May  2001

Cairo West-I
Location: Cairo
Operator: Cairo Electricity Production Co
Configuration: 4 X 87.5 MW
Operation: 1965
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Westinghouse

Photograph courtesy of K&M Engineering
Posted 19 Jan 2003

Cairo West-II
Location: Cairo
Operator:
Cairo Electricity Production Co
Configuration: 2 X 330 MW, 2 X 350 MW
Operation: 1995-2010
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: B-H
T/G supplier: Siemens, MHI, Melco
EPC: Lahmeyer, Electric Power Systems Engineering Co, Sadelmi, PGESCo, Archirodon

Photograph courtesy of PGESCo
Posted 8 Sep 2010

El-Kureimat
Location: Al Minya
Operator: Upper Egypt Electricity Production Co
Configuration: 2 X 650 MW
Operation: 1998-1999
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: BWC
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Raytheon, Daelim, K&M Engineering

Photograph courtesy of K&M Engineering
Posted 19 Jan 2003

Sidi Krir 1&2
Location: Al Iskandariyah
Operator: Egyptian Electricity Holding Co
Configuration: 2 X 320 MW
Operation: 2001
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: BWC
T/G supplier: Siemens
EPC: PGESCo

Photograph courtesy of PGESCo
Posted 18 Mar 2004

 

Sidi Krir 3&4
Location: Al Iskandariyah
Operator: Pendekar Energy Holdings
Configuration: 2 X 340 MW
Operation: 2002
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: BWC
T/G supplier: Alstom
EPC: Bechtel, Arabian International Construction
Quick facts: Sold by original developer InterGen to Tanjong plc in Dec 2006.

Photograph courtesy of PGESCo
Posted 18 Mar 2004

 

El-Tebbin
Location: Al Qahirah
Operator: Cairo EPC
Configuration: 2 X 350 MW
Operation: 2010
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Ansaldo
T/G supplier: Alstom
EPC: PGESCo, Orascom, INITEC
Quick facts: In Jul 2006, the Egyptian government announced that it would spend $470mn to build two 350-MW steam units at the El Tebbin site in southern Cairo. At the same time, the World Bank announced that it would help finance the project with a $260mn loan. El-Tebbin originally housed three 15-MW steam-electric units commissioned from 1958-1960 along with two 23-MW gas turbines added in 1979, all now retired and being demolished.

Photograph courtesy of PGESCo
Posted 8 Sep 2010

Abbreviations

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

Updated 09/15/10

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