Siemens powers Vietnam and Korea

(PG) has announced it has won two contracts with a total value of €310 million to provide power plant equipment for

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The company will supply the turbine island for a combined cycle power plant in Vietnam. The project is the fourth major power plant order for Siemens in Vietnam. In Korea, Siemens will build a combined cycle power plant with an installed capacity of 560 megawatts (MW) in a consortium with GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C), Seoul. It is the first turnkey power plant project to be built in Korea under the leadership of a foreign main supplier.

“Vietnam and Korea certainly are interesting power plant markets for us,“ said Klaus Voges, group president of Siemens Power Generation. “With the Ca Mau and Bugok orders, we are underscoring our strong position in these expanding markets.”

Lilama Corporation, Hanoi, is building the Ca Mau II power plant in Vietnam for the state oil and gas company Petro Vietnam. Ca Mau II is to be built approximately 300 kilometres south of Ho Chi Minh City. Siemens supplied its predecessor Ca Mau I in 2005.