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Mitsubishi Power signs service
deals for Egyptian gas turbines
JAPAN JAPAN’S Mitsubishi Power has signed three The deal forms part of rehabilitation work at
16-year long-term service agreements (LTSA) the Sidi Krir and El Atf power stations, which is
for six of its M701F gas turbines at Egypt’s Sidi now 80% complete.
Krir, El Atf and Cairo North GTCC plants. The work was financed by the Japan Interna-
These plants operate 750-MW gas turbine tional Co-operation Agency (JICA), with work
combined cycle (GTCC) generators and Mit- beginning in May 2019 and set to be completed
subishi Power will provide maintenance, man- by November 2021.
agement, parts, repairs and remote monitoring The work at Sidi Krir and El Atf will increase
services for the turbines. the plants’ output, improve their generation effi-
Gaber Dussoki, chairman of the Egyp- ciency, and reduce facility downtime.
tian utility EEHC, said: “We highly trust and Mitsubishi has previously completed upgrade
appreciate the Japanese manufacturers tech- work at Cairo North in May 2019, and is now in
nology, especially Mitsubishi Power, who operation with improved efficiency and output.
showed full commitment to fulfilling the EEHC JICA is one of Japan’s main development
requirements through our long and historical finance vehicles operating in Africa, although it
co-operation.” and other Japanese investors have been criticised
Carlos Gonzalez Peton, CEO of Mitsubishi recently for continuing to invest in fossil fuels,
Power Europe, said: “This year marks the 10th such as the gas turbines in Egypt.
anniversary of Mitsubishi Power Group’s estab- JICA and its partner the African Develop-
lishment of a local service organisation in Egypt. ment Bank (AfDB) have so far co-financed 25
Thanks to the significant support provided from projects to improve key transportation and elec-
Japan, we provide our local market with safe, tricity transmission networks. These include the
timely and high-quality power generation sys- construction of three road junctions in Abid-
tems and services, ensuring results exceed our jan and Côte d’Ivoire, and developing Angola’s
customers’ expectations. Now with the con- power sector reform programme.
clusion of this 16-year LTSA, we will be able to Tokyo has agreed to raise Japanese private
continue to provide our customers in Egypt with lending, supported by the JICA, to Africa to
optimal responsive services, and by doing so we $1.75bn between 2020 and 2022, with the AfDB
look forward to further enhancing our ties of committing itself to a similar amount.
friendship.”
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