Yanbu 3 will be one of the country’s first supercritical power plants to run on heavy fuel oil. It was even upgraded to burn gas too. Alstom’s part includes the basic engineering of the power block, advisory services during detailed engineering and procurement, supervision services during construction and commissioning, and delivery of 5 identical units, each including the boiler, steam turbine and generator and air quality control systems as an Integrated Power Package (i.PP), for 5 x 620 MW units.Once completed, the plant will provide 2.7 GW of clean and high-efficiency power to the Saudi grid and 550,000 m3/d of fresh water, thanks to Alstom’s market-leading supercritical technology and ability to integrate equipment into complete and complex power projects.
It will feed the grid in the western part of the country where the cities of Jeddah, Yanbu and the holy cities Mecca and Madinah are located.
The balance power and extracted steam will be fed into the associated new Yanbu desalination plant that will be a key supplier of water to the city of Madinah. Alstom has equipped over 20% of Saudi Arabia’s installed power generation base.
ALSTOM has included ELCOM on the SW and HW engineering of the Turbine Gouvernor Controller (TGC) for Yanbu Project, Saudi Arabia.
