Egypt: Wärtsilä to expand Borg El Arab gas plant


Issue 398 - 30 Aug 2019 | 1 minute read

Finland’s Wärtsilä announced on 29 July that it will supply two 34SG engines with combined capacity of 19MW to the Borg El Arab gas power plant, owned and operated by Kahraba, part of Egypt Kuwait Holding, one of the largest private electricity service providers in Egypt. The order was placed in June. The existing plant comprises three Wärtsilä 34SG engines with combined capacity of around 9MW. The new equipment will be delivered to the site in January 2020, with operations expected towards the end of the year.

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