At CIIE, Chinese power contractors sign purchase agreements with Siemens Energy, Hitachi Energy and GE Vernova

Two Chinese state-owned power contractors used the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai to sign equipment purchase agreements with Western manufacturers, according to the companies' own texts published by SASAC, the agency that oversees central state-owned enterprises.

China Energy Engineering (China Energy, 中国能建) reported $1.627 billion in agreements signed on November 6 with companies from countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Japan and Singapore. The company highlighted one item: gas turbine equipment bought from Germany's Siemens Energy for the Taweelah C plant in Abu Dhabi. The plant will have 2,600 MW net in combined cycle, with solar to smooth the load, and is due to start commercial operation in 2029. China Energy did not say how much of the total goes to Siemens Energy.

According to Chinese site International Wind Power Network, which reports Siemens Energy's deals at the fair, the signatory was China Energy subsidiary Guangdong Thermal Power, and Siemens Energy will supply gas and steam turbines for the plant. The EPC contractor for the project is a consortium of three China Energy subsidiaries. In June, China Energy told the stock exchange that the consortium had signed the $1.687 billion EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract with the project company, formed by Saudi Arabia's Aljomaih Energy and Water and Sembcorp Taweelah C, according to Jiemian.

Siemens Energy had already announced the supply in June: three gas turbines, two steam turbines, five generators and auxiliary systems. According to the company, the SGT5-9000HL gas turbines and the steam turbines will be made in Berlin and Mülheim, Germany, and the generators in Charlotte, in the United States; Siemens Energy says they will be the first HL-class gas turbines in the UAE. The project is being developed by Abu Dhabi's TAQA with Aljomaih and Sembcorp, and all its power will be bought by EWEC. The sources do not say whether the agreement signed at CIIE is a new contract or the formalisation of that supply.

PowerChina (中国电建) says it signed purchase agreements with Hitachi Energy, Caterpillar, Siemens Energy and GE Vernova, covering high-end power equipment, smart-grid equipment and energy storage. The company says it is its highest figure in nine editions of the fair and that its cumulative total exceeds $2 billion. The texts on PowerChina's website and on SASAC give different totals for this edition, and the company has not explained the gap, so CSP does not cite a figure.

According to the same SASAC text, PowerChina's purchases at the fair have moved from single pieces of equipment to hydro turbines, main transformers and gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), and its partners have included GE, Vestas, Hitachi Energy, Siemens Energy, Schneider Electric, Toshiba and Honeywell. International Wind Power Network also reports a cooperation intent agreement between PowerChina International and Siemens Energy on transformers and switchgear, aimed at third-country markets.

None of the sources gives prices, delivery times or how much is firm orders.