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- 1. 5 ISSUE NO. 28 Projects EPCM El-Shabab power plant Rapid economic development and a fast-expanding population mean that the output of Egypts energy sector requires substantial expansion. The El-Shabab power plant project will add an additional 1000 mega-watts to the countrys electricity-generating capacity. The client is the East Delta Electricity Production Company, a state-owned entity which operates under the Ministry of Electricity in Egypt. El-Shabab is located in El-Salhiya, which is about 85km north-east of Cairo. Khara鍖 National is undertaking the engineering, procurement and construction of eight gas turbine generators, each with an output of 125 MW. As the EPC contractor, KN is responsible for the design, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of the units. The company will also be synchronising the new generators with Egypts national power grid. The generators GE Frame 9 from the USA were chosen and sourced by KN, whose scope of work also includes auxiliary equipment such as electronic and electrical control cabinets, 鍖n fan coolers, exhaust stacks, compressor and turbine washing skids, and so on, as well as two solar tanks, a water services tank, a reverse osmosis (RO) tank and a demineralization tank. The scope of work covers all related civil works, such as the foundations for the turbines and skids, electrical buildings, control buildings, the gas-insulated switch-gear building, medium and low voltage buildings, the RO treatment plant, an industrial waste plant, a fabrication shop and the associated warehousing. KN is also constructing the infrastruc- tural utilities and underground net- works that will serve the power units, including water and sewage treatment plants, along with all associated piping, the electrical high, medium and low cable networks, and the instrumentation networks. In addition, the company is building the road network for the entire plant. The project is well on schedule to be 鍖nished in June this year. All eight turbines and their ancillaries have been installed on their foundations, while the mechanical skids for the 鍖rst six units are currently being put in. The civil and mechanical works are at an advanced stage and the construction of the underground utilities and tanks are in progress. El-Shabab power plant project is massive and the generators KN is installing are immense, as can be seen from the photograph. Financially, it is one of the largest projects KN has ever undertaken and winning the tender was, in itself, a massive endorsement of Khara鍖 Nationals capabilities in the EPC of power plants. Its successful completion will consolidate the companys reputation in the Egyptian market and propel it to the forefront of international bidders for mega-sized power plant projects in the Middle East. Strenuous efforts to develop the Egyptian market are now paying off in a big way and Khara鍖 National was recently awarded several mega-projects in Egypt. One of these is El-Shabab power plant project one of the largest projects KN has ever undertaken on its own. Project Brief El-Shabab Power Plant Project Client : East Delta Electricity Production Company Main Contractor : Khara鍖 National Project Number : 3044 Scope of Work : EPC design, delivery, installation, testing, commissioning and synchronising 8 power units with total output 1000MW Start : October 2010 Finish : June 2011 Duration : 8.5 months Employees (at peak) : 4,500