Project Name:  EEHC – Talkha Power Station
Budget (US$ ):  315,000,000
Facility Type:  Power Generation
Main Contractor:  Not yet appointed
PMC:  PGESCO
Location:  Talkha
Status:  Construction

The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company selected the Delta city of Talkha as the site of the first project in an emergency power station construction programme.
The consultant on the new scheme is the local-US Power Generation Engineering & Services Company (PGESCO).
The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), through its affiliate company, the East Delta Electricity Production Company (EDEPC), invited international manufacturers to submit bids for the combustion turbine generators and auxiliaries package in October 2003.
The companies prequalified to bid for the project were GE Power Systems, Siemens, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)and Tomen Corporation.
Three groups of local and international contractors prequalified for the estimated $30 million civil works package in February 2004.
These were: Parsons International-Osman Ahmed Osman & Company; Besix-Orascom Construction Industries; Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC)-Misr Sons Development (Hassan Allam & Sons).
The tender for the supply of a steam turbine generator and auxiliaries was issued in March 2004 with a submission date of May 30 last year.
The tender for the 220 kv Switchyard Modification package was issued in April 2004 with a submission date on June 1 last year. The tender for the Environmental Monitoring Package was issued in April 2004, with a submission date of June 21 in the same year.
In May 2004, EDEPC launched commercial bids for the gas turbine package on the 750-MW combined cycle power station to be built at Talkha, after assessing technical bids submitted in December.
In early July 2004, EDEPC issued a tender for the steam turbine generator and auxiliaries package. The bid closing date was May 30, 2005. The bidders were Siemens, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Toshiba Corporation and Alstom Power.
The tender was released shortly before bids were submitted on July 7 for the estimated $25-30 million civil works package.
EDEPC issued a tender for the design, delivery and installation of water and wastewater systems for the 750-MW Talkha combined cycle power station in August 2004.
Siemens entered into negotiations for the gas turbine package in August. Siemens signed the gas turbine package contract worth $105 million in November. The contract was to be completed in mid-2005.
In January 2005, EDEPC awarded a joint venture of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) and its affiliate Besix the $45.5 million civils package on the $315 million project to build a new 750-MW combined cycle power plant at Talkha.
In February 2005, East Delta Electricity Production Company awarded Alstom Power the steam turbine package on the $315 million project to build a 750-MW combined cycle power plant at Talkha. The contract calls for the supply of one 250-MW steam turbine at the plant.
In May 2005, WTD was in exclusive negotiations with East Delta Electricity Production Company for the water & wastewater treatment contract on the power plant at Talkha.
EDEPC is in talks with two contractors for the heat recovery package. The bidders are CMI and MEM.

Project Scope:
The scope of work covers the construction of a 750 MW combined cycle power station. This includes design, fabrication, training, start up and commissioning of the facility.
The main equipment items include:
• 2 x 250 MW Gas Turbines
• 1 x 250 MW Steam Turbine
• 2 x Main Transformers
• 2 x Start Up Transformers
• 1 x Diesel Generator
• 1 x Overhead Crane
The owner of the facility will be responsible for all of the civil works.
Bidders are required to provide a financing option for the foreign currency portion of their tender. The scope of works for the combustion turbine generators and auxiliaries package includes, but is not limited to, the design, fabrication, furnishing, delivery, installation, training, testing, start-up and commissioning of two 250-MW, nominal gas turbine generators and auxiliaries, two main transformers, two start-up transformers, one diesel generator and one overhead crane, including all mechanical and electrical systems required to provide and place into successful operation the simple cycle island.