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GE Energy has received contracts totalling more than $1.8bn to supply power plant projects in Kuwait and Qatar.

GE Energy has received contracts totalling more than $1.8bn to supply 32 gas turbines and additional equipment for power plant projects in Kuwait and Qatar that will add more than 5GW of capacity to help meet the Middle East’s rapidly growing demand for electricity.

Under the first of the new contracts, GE will supply 20 Frame 9E gas turbines to Kharafi National of Kuwait for the Sabiya Power Station, which will add more than 2.5GW of power capacity for the State of Kuwait. The new power plant will be owned and operated by Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity & Water.

This will be an emergency power, fast-track project with an aggressive delivery schedule. The gas turbines will be manufactured at GE’s facilities in Belfort, France, with shipments to the project site planned for October 2007 through June 2008. The commissioning phase for the new units is expected to begin in May 2008 and be completed in September 2008.

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