Power Developments International FZCO (PDI) has secured a major breakthrough in the Middle East market with an $8 million contract to build a gas turbine power station at Hidd Industrial Area in Bahrain, a PDI spokesman said.
The contract, awarded by Bahrain Electricity Supply and Transmission WLL, is for the construction of a 23MW open cycle power plant based upon a single, refurbished Frame 5 gas turbine. It will provide electricity to a Ferro-Alloys plant, which is currently under construction.
Design work has been completed to a significant extent and site construction will start shortly to achieve the scheduled completion of the project by early 2004.
PDI is a Dubai-based joint venture between Innogy plc and MJB International LLC (MJBI). During the execution of this power plant project Innogy plc will be providing project/site management and all engineering support plus specialist services. The refurbishment and commissioning/start up of the gas turbine generator package is being undertaken by MJB International LLC.
John Kay, general manager of PDI, said the contract awarded by Bahrain Electricity Supply and Transmission was important. It acknowledged "our extensive expertise in gas turbine refurbishment and complete power plant construction. It is a significant development as we continue to grow our business worldwide".
Innogy, an RWE company, is an integrated energy company whose core businesses are energy production, retailing through its brand name npower, operations and engineering. These are supported by a trading business, which manages the operational and market risk exposures of the individual businesses. Innogy is one of the successor companies formed when National Power demerged in October 2000.
Innogy provides support and specialist services to other power plant owners and operators around the world. Its expertise is in improving power plant reliability and efficiency, and environmental management to deliver optimal commercial performance. The company has teams that can support every aspect of a power project from planning, consents, construction, commissioning, through lifetime operations and maintenance, to eventual decommissioning, across a wide range of technologies
MJB International is a joint venture company between Chromalloy and Mohammed Bin Masaood & Sons. In conjunction with its affiliate company Masaood John Brown, MJBI has been a market leader in gas turbine services and industrial rotating equipment in the Middle East for over 20 years.
Chromalloy is a subsidiary of Sequa Corporation, quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, and the largest independent gas turbine component company in the world. This additional technology transferred from Chromalloy brings a new dimension to the range of services MJBI offers. MJB International has undertaken a range of responsibilities including inspection, overhauls and conversions for large organisations in the UAE and abroad. Companies benefiting from its expertise over the years include the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (Adwea), Adma-Opco, Gasco, Adnoc, Adoc Japan, the UAE Ministry of Electricity, EGPC, Dugas, Arco, Dubai Aluminium, Petroleum Development Oman and Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco).
