Toshiba Corporation has won an order to supply two sets of steam turbine generators (STG) for the Norte III Combined Cycle Power Plant in Chihuahua, Mexico.

The firm will deliver to the site from August next year, with the plant scheduled to come on line in August 2017, said a statement.

Norte III will be owned and operated by Abengoa, a major Spanish engineering company, it said.

The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor is also Abengoa, and awarded Toshiba the STG contract for Norte III project.

Once constructed, the plant will be one of the largest in Mexico with 925MW.

Toshiba will supply two sets of 175MW STG for the plant, a combined cycle power plant that improves generating efficiency by deploying both a gas turbine and steam turbine, the second powered by the steam from the first, said the statement.

The challenge facing power providers in Mexico today is to reduce the price of electricity. With thermal power generation accounting for 70 per cent of total capacity, demand for combined cycle gas turbine systems is expected to grow, as they are highly economical when fueled with cheap shale gas, it added. - TradeArabia News Service