# Sumitomo and MHPS sign EPC contract with STEG for 450 MW gas-fired power plant in Tunisia

Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems signed an EPC contract with Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz for a 450 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Rades, Tunisia. The project cost is approximately 38 billion yen.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-06-21
- Where: Rades, Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia, Tunisia
- Value: $340.0M (38.0B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 450 MW
- Products: gas turbine combined cycle power plant
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Sumitomo Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/6281.md)
- [Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems](https://endata.com/companies/1024.md) (partner)
- [Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems](https://endata.com/companies/1024.md) (supplier)
- [Sumitomo Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/6281.md) (supplier)
- [Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz](https://endata.com/companies/25043.md) (customer)
- [STEG](https://endata.com/companies/25112.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [sumitomocorp.com](https://www.sumitomocorp.com/en/europe/news/release/2017/group/20170621), 2017-06-21: "Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (STEG) for a gas-fired combined cycle power plant with a generation capacity of 450 MW in Rades."
- [sumitomocorp.com](https://www.sumitomocorp.com/en/jp/news/release/2017/group/20170621), 2017-06-21: "After the start of its operation, it is expected to provide about 10% of the country’s total power generating capacity."
- [nsenergybusiness.com](https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/newsmitsubishi-sumitomo-to-build-gas-fired-combined-cycle-power-plant-in-tunisia-230617-5852117/), 2017-06-23: "The partnership intends to initially start with gas turbine operation in May 2019, while the combined cycle full operation in April 2020."

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