GE Power, a division of GE, has received an order from Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) for a turnkey combined-cycle power plant, including three GE HA gas turbines, which will power the world’s largest single-site smelter. 

This win marks the first order for GE H-Class turbines in the Gulf, as well as the first use worldwide of H-Class turbines by the aluminium smelting industry.

GE also marks two additional milestones for its Power Services business with this win – its multi-year agreement (MYA) with Alba for a period of 16 years, which also represents the first MYA for HA gas turbines in the Gulf region.

GE and Gama, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner, will together oversee the design, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of Power Station 5, a plant capable of generating 1,792 MW.

Alba’s Power Station 5 will also utilise GE’s Digital Power Plant software solutions, which have played a key role in unlocking the HA’s record-setting levels of efficiency. 

In addition to three HA gas turbines, the combined-cycle project order includes three A651 steam turbines, three heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) and other equipment.