Al-Khairat Simple Cycle Power Plant (1,250 MW): Award-winning, flexible engineering for power generation in Iraq

Iraq

The Al-Khairat Simple Cycle Power Plant, located in Kerbela southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, is a thermal facility with a total capacity of 1,250 MW. This Al-Khairat Simple Cycle Power Plant comprises 10 GE Frame 9E gas turbine modules, each rated at 125 MW, using crude oil as the main fuel and light distillate oil and natural gas as backup. Designed initially for simple cycle operation, the plant allows for future expansion to combined cycle configuration. In 2014, the project was honored by ENR magazine as the “Best Global Project” in the Energy/Industry category.

It is a power plant composed of 10 GE Gas Turbine Modules, Frame 9E model, with a nominal power of 125 MW each, which gives the plant a combined capacity of 1,250 MW. The main fuel is crude oil (CO) and reserve fuels are distilled from light oil (LDO) and Natural Gas.

The plant has been designed, in a first phase, for simple cycle operation, with the eventual expansion and operation in a combined cycle configuration in the future.

The project carried out by IDOM for ÇALIK ENERJI was awarded in 2014 by the prestigious magazine ENR (Engineering News Records) as “Best Global Project” in the Energy/Industry category.

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