First gas unit installed at new Subiya power station in Kuwait
Kuwait (KUNA): The first power unit at Al-Sabbiyah station will be operated in the middle of next year hiking the electric output 1,300 megawatts, an official said on Saturday.
Speaking to journalists after attending an inauguration ceremony for installing the first gas unit at the station, Ali Al-Wazzan, the assistant undersecretary of electricity and water, affirmed importance of “this step,” since the Minister, Bader Al-Shuraiaan, signed the contract for building the plant last September.
The unit capacity is 220 MW. Al-Sabbiyah plant will be the first power station in Kuwait that operates with a 400 MW network.
The director of the station, Muhi-Eddine Najm, said the second gas unit would be set up in two weeks.
Al-Shuraiaan, the minister of electricity and water, signed the constract for building and operating the station with General Electric and Hyundai in September.
The plant will supply the national electric network with 2,000 MW, 20 percent of the current overall power output.
KUNA
