GE announced that it has signed a nearly $700 million contract with the state-owned Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) that includes gas turbines manufactured in Greenville.
The 7F-5 combined-cycle gas turbines will be manufactured at GE’s facility in Greenville in addition to steam turbines and generators from GE’s Schenectady, N.Y., facility. The contract also includes two service agreements covering planned maintenance on the units for a fixed period of eight years.
The turbines will support large, combined-cycle power plants that will generate more than 3.8 gigawatts of electricity.
“We chose GE once again for our largest project because of their advanced technology, which features proven efficiency performance,” said Ali Albarrak, president and CEO of SEC, in a news release. “In addition, GE technology has the ability to respond to dramatic daily changes in power demand while maintaining high levels of fuel efficiency in line with the growing power resource needs of our country.”
Shipment of GE’s equipment is expected to begin at the beginning of 2015.
In September GE won three contracts totaling $2.7 billion, most of which was for gas turbines produced in Greenville. Other significant projects that have come through the GE plant include the production of 22 9E gas turbines for Iraq in 2008, and 30 7EA gas turbines for Saudi Arabia in 2009.
