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German Powerhouse Brings Energy to Pakistan SIEMENS ENERGY

PRODUCTION: Karl Pietersen

// Global energy company, Siemens - one of the most technologically advanced and innovative businesses on the planet – continues to advance its position in the power and energy industries through the supply of state-of-the-art, world leading ideas to customers all over the world. After recent extensions of its arm into Brazil, France, Mozambique, China, Kuwait, Vietnam, the UK and the Netherlands to name just a few, the German-based company

received orders from Pakistan for a complete power island for the new combined cycle Punjab Power Plant Jhang. Partnering with Chinese company CMEC to construct the new plant, the Pakistan government are confident that their energy policy

and building of a number of new supplier to the grid will end loadshedding in the country. The facility in Jhang is to be a 1263 MW LNGfueled power plant to complement the recently completed Bhikhi power plant, Sahiwal Power Plant and Solar Park Bahawalpur.

Siemens will supply the Jhang plant with a 2x gas turbine power island, part of its H-class system. The power island is made up of two SGT5-8000H gas turbines, one SST-5000 steam turbine, two heat recovery steam generators as well as control and auxiliary systems. Siemens will undertake all of the engineering, project management and on-site services.

Extremely proud of its H-class, Siemens says it has built up more

than half a million safe operating hours with reliability at around 99%. To date, the company has sold 84 H-class systems.

The contract in Pakistan is reportedly worth €200 million and is expected to deliver first power by December 2018. The combined cycle operation will begin in November 2019.

“With this project we can help to significantly improve the sustainable, reliable and affordable supply of power to the people in Punjab Province and the whole country,” said Willi Meixner, CEO of the Siemens Power and Gas Division. “It is the largest power plant order that Siemens has ever received from Pakistan,” Meixner added.

Currently, Siemens is active in

around 200 countries and employs more than 350,000 people. This move into Pakistan solidifies the company’s reputation in the area as an industry leader. Highlighting the company’s dominance, during 2016, Siemens generated revenue of €79.6 billion and net income of €5.6 billion.

Earlier in 2017, Siemens was active in Bangladesh delivering 46 transformer substations to the national energy provider. This €40 million contract saw Siemens design, deliver and install, test and commission the substations, which have a voltage level of 33 and 11 kilovolts (kV). The new equipment will help deliver reliable and affordable supply to the states of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet where many rural areas are cut off from electricity supply.

“We are especially proud to have landed another order in the region and to help further electrify the country,” says Ralf Christian, CEO of the Energy Management Division. “The order is one in a long series of infrastructure projects that Siemens has been able to complete successfully in Bangladesh.”

Siemens India and Siemens Bangladesh are cooperating on the project and are completing a large scope on installation and engineering activity.

The constant growth of Siemens influence in markets around the world is testament to the worldclass products its outstanding people develop.

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