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Completion of world’s largest combined cycle power plants in record time

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• Enough power to meet the electricity needs of up to 40 million people
• Plants add up to 14.4 GW capacity to Egypt's national grid
• Helping the country save over $1 billion annually on fuel costs
In collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Siemens and its consortium partners, Orascom Construction and Elsewedy Electric, announced today the completion of the Egypt Megaproject in record time. The parties celebrated the combined cycle commissioning and the start of operations at the Beni Suef, Burullus and New Capital power plants. The stations will add a total of 14.4 gigawatts (GW) of power generation capacity to Egypt's national grid, enough power to supply up to 40 million people with reliable electricity.Original Article