Shipco, GE celebrate 'First Fire' at 1.8GW Sharjah plant
Shipco, GE celebrate ‘First Fire’ at 1.8GW Sharjah plant SHARJAH, 7 hours, 56 minutes ago Sharjah Hamriyah Independent Power Company (Shipco) and GE celebrated the ‘first fire’ of a gas turbine at the upcoming 1.8 gigawatts (GW) Hamriyah Independent Power Plant. First fire is a critical test where a turbine is switched on and operated on fuel at the site and it follows several months of installation and commissioning works. Almost all the civil works, up to 85 percent of the procurement, and up to 70 percent of construction and commissioning works at the Hamriyah proje...