Under a contract worth more than E90 million, GE Energy will supply Frame 6FA gas turbines and additional equipment and services to Union Electrica de Canarias Generacion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spanish utility Endesa.
In addition to the Frame 6FA gas turbines, GE is also supplying a SC5 steam turbine for the Granadilla combined-cycle plant expansion, for an expected total output of nearly 230MW. The facility is expected to enter commercial operation in phases with gas turbines scheduled to begin operations in the second quarter of 2009 and the steam cycle in the third quarter of 2010.
The Frame 6FA gas turbines will be manufactured at GE’s facility in Belfort, France, while the SC5 steam turbine will be manufactured at GE’s steam turbine plant in Schenectady, in the US state of New York.
The scope of GE’s contract also includes generators, gas and steam turbines auxiliaries, heat recovery steam generators, a plant distributed control system, technical advisory services during erection and commissioning, and training.
Tecnicas Reunidas, GE’s Spanish consortium partner in this project, will design and supply the balance-of-plant equipment and plans to provide civil works, erection and commissioning of the plant at the site.
