Tunisia: Japanese companies win Radès CCGT contracts

Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (Steg) has commissioned a new gas-fired combined-cycle power station at Radès to complement the three existing plants at the site. Yokohama-based Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) and Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corporation will build the plant – probably to be known as Radès C – which will be financed with a Japanese government loan.MHPS and Sumitomo signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Steg to build the 450MW plant on 20 June.