On January 16, 2015, Ekon signed a new contract with Electricity Generation Company of Turkey (EÜAŞ) for Disassembly, Assembly and Commissioning Works of the damaged parts of Afşin-Elbistan B Thermal Power Plant Unit II due to a fire.
Afşin-Elbistan B Thermal Power Plant, which was established in Kahramanmaraş to meet Turkey’s increasing energy needs by using 554 million tons of low-calorie coal from the Çöllolar basin, has a total installed capacity of 1440 MW with 4 units of 360 MW each.
Ekon will act as the main contractor under the contract and will perform detailed engineering, steel fabrication and assembly works, civil works, mechanical installation, electrical and automation works for the damaged second unit.
The contract has a value of 57.773.495 EURO and the project duration is 20 months.