Germany’s Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply the steam turbines for the conversion of the Al-Zour South 3 open cycle gas turbine power plant to a combined cycle power plant.

The contract has been awarded by China’s Sepco III, which is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the estimated $200m project that will increase the total installed capacity of the plant by 263 MW without using any additional gas.

The client is the Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW).

The conversion projects are part of the MEW’s programme to boost the country’s generation capacity as demand for power continues to grow at a rapid rate. The MEW estimates that an additional 10,500MW will be required to meet the projected 2022 peak load.