GE completes the first supply of power equipment for Takhiatash TPP

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- GE completed the delivery of the first batch of main equipment, including 2 gas turbines and 2 generators for new units being built as part of the modernization of the Takhiatash TPP in Uzbekistan.

The project is implemented in partnership with South Korean EPC- contractor - a consortium of "Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd" and "Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd".

The equipment was delivered to the port of Vlissingen (the Netherlands), from where it was transported through the Mediterranean, Black and Azov Sea, then through the Volga-Don Canal to the Caspian Sea to the port of Kuryk in Kazakhstan and then by truck to the construction site in Uzbekistan.

The project envisages the construction of two combined-cycle plants (CCGT) with a total capacity of 580 MW. The launch of the first stage of the PGU is scheduled for 2020. After the launch of the new CCGTs, the old power plants will be decommissioned.

As part of the modernization, GE will supply 2 sets of main equipment for TPPs, each consisting of a GT13E2 gas turbine, a steam turbine and a generator. In addition, the company will provide the end customer with a long factory equipment warranty, will provide consulting services during its installation and will conduct training sessions for station personnel.

The basis of the Takhiatash TPP CCGTU - GT13E2 gas turbine - is one of the largest parks of GE equipment, which has already accumulated over 10 million operating hours. Turbine efficiency in the combined cycle exceeds 55%. Turbines of this model have been supplied to the CIS market since 2009. Today, they are effectively working at the Minsk TPP-3 in Belarus, at the Razdan and Yerevan TPP in Armenia, as well as at the Novogorkovskaya, Academic TPP and Nizhneturinskaya GRES in Russia.

Fabris Kermorgant, Vice President - General Manager for Commercial Issues of GE Power Europe, said: “By participating with Hyundai Engineering in the modernization of the Takhiatash TPP, GE is opening a new chapter of relations with Uzbekistan. We are proud that we have been entrusted with a project that is so important in socio-economic terms: commissioning new stations will improve the quality of life of 3 million people living in Karakalpakstan and Khorezm region, and will also create conditions for the development of industry and tourism in the region. ”

Complex supply of equipment to the Takhiatash TPP is already the second large-scale project of GE as part of the modernization of the energy sector of Uzbekistan. At the end of 2017, in the presence of the President at the Tashkent TPP, a new steam-gas unit with a capacity of 370 MW based on GE equipment was inaugurated.

To date, the installed capacity of Takhiatash TPP is 730 MW. The first unit was commissioned in 1956, the last (fifth) unit in 1967.