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30 March 2007 - Siemens has been awarded a turnkey contract to build a combined cycle power plant in the Netherlands.
In a statement, Siemens said the purchasers for the Sloecentrale in Vlissingen-Oost is a joint venture of the Dutch DELTA Energy and Électricité de France International (EDFI), Paris. The joint venture will operate the plant, which is scheduled to start operation in the spring of 2009. The total contract including a long-term maintenance agreement is valued at approximately €550m ($733m).
After the Rijnmond Energy combined cycle power plant for which Siemens PG delivered the key components in 2003 the Sloecentrale power plant will be the first plant to be built turnkey by Siemens PG since deregulation of the Dutch energy market in 2000. It is to be built as a green field facility in the southwestern part of the Netherlands in the province of Zeeland.
With an installed capacity of approximately 870 MW the gas-fired plant will produce power to meet the needs of more than 2m households.
The Siemens PG scope of supply will encompass two SGT5-4000F gas turbines, two SST5-5000 steam turbines, two water-cooled generators, and the entire electrical and I&C equipment. This will be the first time that the world's first fourth-generation I&C system, SPPA-T3000, is deployed in a Dutch power plant.
\The company will also handle plant maintenance for a period of about 15 years.
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