German company Siemens is set to start the trial operations of Borollos power plant on Tuesday. The operation tests of the New Administrative Capital power plant were also conducted after 500 KV was provided from El-Tebbin and Ain Sokhna plants to start the actual production from the production units in 30 days. Egyptian Electricity Holding Company signed contracts with Siemens last year to implement three combined-cycle power plants with a total capacity of 14,400 MW. The three power plants are Borollos, Beni Suef, and the New Administrative Capital. The Ministry of Electricity paid Siemens €2.1bn for the construction it carried out, and the supply of the turbines and equipment of the three aforementioned power plants.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 16, 2016 16:07 UTC