Saudi Electricity Co. (SEC) has started up part of its new 2,640 megawatt (MW) Jeddah South power plant, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the company.
“After three-and-a-half years of continuous work; Saudi Electricity Co has successfully operated and linked the first steam unit to the electricity grid with a capacity of 660 MW,” SEC said in the emailed statement.
A full capacity date was not mentioned.
The project comes in time to meet summer electricity demands in the western region, particularly as travel to Makkah and Medina picks up next month during Ramadan.
The power plant will be comprised of four steam units with a capacity of 723 MW per unit, in addition to a transmission unit, a 3.3 kilometer terminal, a desalination unit and seven water storage facilities.
When the SAR 11.9 billion project was announced in 2012, SEC said it was using supercritical boilers for the first time in the kingdom, allowing the plant to reach up to 40 percent efficiency in fuel consumption.
The plant was built by South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and equipment was supplied by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
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