Spanish company Duro Felguera has won a AED 798mn ($217.25mn) contract for the third phase of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) K-Station at Jebel Ali.
The project includes the supply, installation, testing and launch of 2 F-type gas turbines from Siemens AG that will produce 590MW. The plant is planned to be operational by the second quarter of 2019.
K-Station is part of the Jebel Ali power and water desalination station, and one of the main plants providing Dubai with reliable, efficient and high-quality electricity and water services.
Completion of the third phase of K-Station will take the stations total power generation capacity to 1,538MW and DEWAs total installed capacity will be 11,990MW, including clean energy.