Siemens Power Generation
(PG) and consortium partner
Marubeni Corporation,
, will build a new turnkey 700-megawatt combined cycle power plant in the Songkhla Province, Thailand.
The contract, which was signed yesterday in
Siemens is to lead the consortium and will supply two gas turbines, a steam turbine, three generators as well as the instrumentation & control system and auxiliaries. Marubeni will be responsible for procuring the heat recovery boilers, civil works, and balance of plant.
Demand for electricity in
The Songkhla power plant, located in Chana district, in Songkhla province in the South of Thailand, is scheduled to come on line in early 2008. The plant will be fired by natural gas supplied from offshore gas fields developed jointly by
and
.
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