Siemens and ST Engineering’s marine arm have secured a contract from Transcontinental Capital Corporation (Bermuda), a subsidiary of Seaboard, to deliver a SCC-800 2x1C SeaFloat barge-mounted power plant in Dominican Republic.
Image: SCC-800 SeaFloat concept with mid-sized SGT-800 gas turbine providing up to 450MW. Photo: Courtesy of Siemens AG.
The project Estrella del Mar III will be installed at the client’s location in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.
Siemens stated that the SCC-800 2×1 SeaFloat concept with two Siemens SGT-800 gas turbines and one SST-600 steam turbine has been selected by the customer due to site constraints with limited free land and its experience with previous power barges.
Siemens, which leads the project team, will provide its combined cycle power plant with 145MW capacity, while ST Engineering will deliver the engineering design, procurement and construction of the floating power barge, the balance of plant and the installation of the floating power plant.
Furthermore, Siemens will also provide its hybrid SIESTART solution, which combines a flexible combined cycle power plant with a battery energy storage system.
ST Engineering Marine president Ng Sing Chan said: “This collaboration between ST Engineering and Siemens leverages each other’s strength and capabilities to design, build and deliver a technologically advanced floating power barge.
“We’re excited that in the end, the SCC-800 2×1 floating power plant will bring clean and green electrical energy solution to benefit more people in the Dominican Republic.”
The power plant is scheduled to commence operations in spring 2021.
Siemens Power and Gas Global Sales CEO Karim Amin said: “Our trendsetting SeaFloat technology combines state-of-the-art combined cycle power plant technology with the mobility and flexibility required by the current and future energy market.
“Our vision is a future with access to affordable but clean electricity and clean water for everyone. A tough challenge to achieve, but a necessity in light of climate change and the need to provide electrical energy for the world’s growing population.”
Fluence Energy, a company formed by Siemens and AES, is providing a 5MW/10 MWh battery energy storage system, which will be integrated as part of the power plant for frequency regulation control, allowing the plant to operate at full capacity with highest fuel efficiency.