The company said that the construction of the plant will be carried out in two phases of 400MW each.

The EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) for both phases is worth approximately EUR500m and includes for each phase the supply of the entire unit and all associated equipment, including a GT26 gas turbine, steam turbine, turbo generator, heat recovery steam generator and ALSPA Series 6 integrated control system.

The order for phase one (400MW), signed and worth approximately EUR300m, includes a 18-year maintenance contract.

With this new plant, Sembcorp will roughly double its generation capacity in Singapore over 1,600MW, according to the company.

In addition, the new power plant will supply steam to the petrochemical and chemical manufacturing industries located in the Jurong Island area.