Shoaiba power plant
| Shoaiba power plant | |||
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| Coordinates | 20 ° 37 '36 " N , 39 ° 33' 18" E | ||
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 Saudi Arabia
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| Waters | Red Sea | ||
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| Type | Thermal power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | primarily heavy oil, secondarily crude oil | ||
| power | 5,523 or 5,600 MW | ||
| owner | Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) or Saudi Consolidated Electric Company (SCECO) | ||
| operator | Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) | ||
| Project start | 1998 | ||
| Start of operations | 2001 | ||
The Shoaiba power plant is an oil-fired power plant in Saudi Arabia , which is located on the Red Sea coast almost 100 km south of Jeddah . With an installed capacity of 5,523 (or 5,600) MW , it is the most powerful power plant in Saudi Arabia and serves to cover the base load . The cost of the entire facility is estimated at $ 5 billion, of which $ 2.4 billion went to the last expansion (Shoaiba III). Seawater desalination plants are located in the immediate vicinity of the Shoaiba power plant .
The oil is delivered by ship. The Shoaiba power plant therefore has its own pier where tankers with up to 100,000 dwt can dock. The pier is also used by the Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP) to supply crude oil.
Power plant units
The Shoaiba power plant consists of a total of 14 blocks, which were built in three sections (Shoaiba I to III). Since the sources differ only slightly in terms of the maximum output of the individual blocks (393 or 400 MW per block), the maximum output per block is set at 400 MW in the following.
All plant components (boilers, turbines and generators) for Shoaiba I to III were supplied by Alstom . Deviating from this, this source claims that the first three blocks of Shoaiba I were built by an ABB- led consortium and that only the last two blocks of Shoaiba I were built by an Alstom-led consortium.
Shoaiba I
The contract was signed in 1998. The first three units went into operation in June 2001, February 2002 and June 2002. Two more blocks followed in January 2003 and June 2003. The cost was $ 1.5 billion ($ 850 million for the first part and another $ 650 million for the second part of Shoaiba I).
Shoaiba II
Another six power plant blocks were realized; the first three units went into operation in June, July and December 2006, the remaining three in 2007.
Shoaiba III
After the project started in September 2008, the three blocks went into operation in 2012 before the planned completion date. The cost was $ 2.4 billion.
Systems for seawater desalination
For the operation of the Shoaiba power plant, seawater desalination plants are required, which are in the immediate vicinity in order to be able to supply the power plant with water. On the other hand, the power plant supplies the desalination plants with the steam required for the multi-stage flash evaporation (MSF).
Attachment 1
In 2000, the first plant went into operation that can desalinate 50 million m³ of seawater per year. The plant was built by Doosan Heavy Industries on behalf of the state-owned Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC). In 2011 a Japanese company received the order to overhaul Plant 1 in order to extend its service life. The source says that the desalination plant consists of 10 units each with a daily capacity of 22,000 m³ of seawater, which would correspond to around 80 million m³ per year.
Annex 2
A second plant followed in 2003, which can desalinate a further 100 million m³ of seawater per year. This plant was also built by Doosan and cost 1 billion dollars.
Annex 3
The Shoaiba Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP) was commissioned by the Saudi Water & Electricity Company (WEC). The plant has its own power plant with 900 MW and the daily capacity of the desalination plant is 880,000 m³. The drinking water obtained is then fed from a pumping station via an 80 km pipeline into the SWCC supply network. The cost of the entire project was $ 2.4 billion and has been operational since July 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/5347
- ↑ a b c d e f Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j http://www.power-technology.com/projects/shoaiba/
- ↑ Energy Projects Partnerships and Perspectives of Arab-German Cooperation , pp. 12–15
- ↑ a b c http://web.archive.org/web/20140728120315/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120509123703
- ↑ a b c d http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2012/5/alstom-completes-shoaiba-iii-power-plant-ahead-of-schedule/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
