Project Name: El kurimat power plant ( 1 )
Project Location:
El kurymat – Atfih –
Helwan – it has distance of
95 km away
from Cairo
east of the Nile
The purpose of the project: Strengthen the power grid to meet the growing industrial loads and raise the standard of living and the illumination of villages in the south.
Implementation steps: Preparation of specifications: Egyptian Electricity Authority - Consultant Office U.S. Raytheon Ebasco.
Type of bidding: Global / limited
The supplier company: Worthington Italian - General Electric of America - Korea Heavy Industries - Lurgi Bamaj German - Mechanics de la Pena Spanish - German ABB - Westinghouse America - Delta for electronic Systems (Disco)- Markus Schmith German - American Virometalko – C.C.I Egyptian
Executing companies: Sami Saad & Co.- Daelim Korea - Tumen Corporation & Mitsubishi Japanese - Bapco Land Wilcox Canadian & Nova Shimy Mentoby Italian - General Electric of America - Port Said Engineering Business - Italian Ansaldo A.B.B - Sai Sadailamy Italian - Kahromica Engineering Office for Contracting Engineer Sayed Ebeid.
Investment cost: the investment about 2293 million Egyptian pounds which is equivalent to about 1802 million Egyptian pounds in foreign currencies.
Funders: Loan from the African Development Bank - a loan from the Saudi Development Fund - a loan from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development - Scholarship hostile lending from USAID.
The technical specifications: Number of units: two units power of (2*627 Mega Watt)
Overall capacity: (1254 Mega Watt)
Fuel type: natural gas \ diesel
Fuel consumption rate: 192.1 gm\k.watts.h generated on load 100% natural gas 206.7 gm\k.watts.h generated on load 100% diesel.
Switch gear: Number of Transformers: Annex (1)
The number of cells: 6 cells power of 500 KV
8 cell powe of 220 kV
4 cell 11 kV
The connecting lines: 500 KV : 3 lines ( Single circle ) with Length of 133 km
-El Kurimat \ El Tebbein
-Cairo \ El Kurimat
-El Kurimat \ Samalowt
220 KV : 2 lines ( Dual circle ) with Length of 65 km
-Bany Suif \ El Kurimat
- Demu \ El Kurimat
The beginning implementation date: 1/1/1994
The Operation Date: The Unit one 15/8/1998
The unit two 28/10/1999
The annexes and services: The dwelling unit and their annex - The building training.
Source: projects report that issued by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy