Alba achieves first fire of state-of-the-art gas turbine for Power Station 5 Block 4 project
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world's largest aluminium smelters, announced a significant milestone towards the commercial operation of its Power Station 5 (PS 5) Block 4 Project with the First Fire of the Mitsubishi Power M701JAC Gas Turbine (GT) on Tuesday 23 April 2024.
This achievement marks a key step towards the project's on-schedule completion in Q4 2024.
Notably, it also comes just six months after the GT unit's delivery to site in October 2023.
A celebratory ceremony was held at the Block 4 Project site, attended by high-level officials from Alba including the Chairman of the Board Khalid Al Rumaihi, Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali, Chief Power Officer Amin Sultan, and Alba's Executive Management Team.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)’s Senior Vice President, Vice President, Energy Systems Takashi Tozawa, and SEPCOIII’s Vice President, Kong Lingfeng, and senior officials from ESBI were also present.
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