OC achieves power-to-grid connection for first of the Siemens power plants

OC achieves power-to-grid connection for first of the Siemens power plants: Orascom Construction (OC) has completed power-to-grid on all modules of the 4.8 MW Burullus combined cycle power plant — the first of the three Siemens power plants to reach this stage, the company announced in a statement on Wednesday (pdf). “I would like to acknowledge the extraordinary effort of our team. We are very proud to overcome several challenges and deliver this project under these circumstances,” OC CEO Osama Bishai said. The three fully commissioned Siemens power plants were expected to be launched this month, according to local media reports last month.