Alstom Group
Transport, power and grid transmission play a pivotal role in sustainable development of society. These three infrastructure markets share the same concern: the need to strike a balance in combining economic and social development with enhanced environmental protection.
Alstom Group is a global leader in equipment and services for rail transport, power and power transmission and, and it is recognized for innovative, environmentally friendly solutions. The Group employs more than 93,500 people in over 70 countries and regions. In fiscal year 2010/11 (as of March 31, 2011), Alstom registered order intake (€19.1 billion) and sales (€20.9 billion), up respectively by 28% and 6% over the previous year . The Group strives for sustainable business growth in harmony with environmental protection. We have 40 laboratories, R&D centers and design offices worldwide for research and development. In 2010/11, research and development expenses remained at a high level; including Grid, they exceeded €700 million.
Alstom China
Alstom China offers comprehensive rail transport, power generation as well as transmission solutions and is a long-term dedicated partner of China’s rail transport, power and transmission infrastructure industry in the past 50 years. By joining hands with Chinese partners, Alstom enables customers to be more competitive, efficient and environmentally friendly. Alstom presents in China through more than 30 entities with around 10,000 employees.
Alstom Transport in China – Innovation Expedites Modernization of Rail Transport
Alstom helps cities meeting the rising need for sustainable mobility through its comprehensive range of systems, equipments and services. From the first TGV delivered in 1978, Alstom has consolidated its leadership in the world’s high speed and very high speed trains. The technology leadership also enabled Alstom to set the new world rail speed record of 574.8km/h on April 3, 2007.
As the undoubted benchmark setter of innovation and environmentally friendly technologies in rail transport industry, Alstom Transport has applied its eco-design principle in the production process of AGV™, its fourth generation of very high-speed trains, so as to reduce the environmental impact of its products throughout the lifecycle from product design to production and recycling. With composite materials, improved traction systems, articulated architecture, train weight and power consumption have been reduced up to 15% while the noise has been reduced by 10-decibel.
Since its first cooperation with China in 1950s, Alstom has been aiming to be the best partner of China’s rail infrastructure market. In mainline market, Alstom, together with its local partners - Changchun Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd. and Datong Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd., has won a number of key contracts of electric locomotives from China’s Ministry of Railway (MoR). On top of these, Alstom also won its first infrastructure contract in China for the electrification of the Shi-Tai high-speed line from MoR. In metro market, Alstom has participated in metro network construction in such cities as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Nanjing. In 2010, Alstom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CNR Corporation Ltd., (“CNR”) and Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd., (“SEC”) - to form a strategic partnership and jointly develop new markets for mass transit products. In the same year, Alstom signed a long-term cooperation agreement with MOR to form strategic partnership for both Chinese and defined international railway market, consolidating both parties’ leading position in the competitive global rail markets.
Alstom Power in China – Environment Protection Leads New Era of Clean Power
Alstom has an extensive range of power solutions for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, coal, gas, biomass, solar and wind, and is a leader in air quality control system (reduction of CO2 and nitrogen oxide emissions). Alstom has provided the conventional island for the EPR nuclear power plant in France. The Group is also developing CO2 capture systems to commercial scale by 2015.
In China, Alstom’s advanced and reliable technological expertise has equipped many prestigious power projects. We have supplied 14 hydro generator units for left bank, right bank and underground of the Three Gorges Project, and the governing and computer control systems for left bank. We have provided turbine islands for a number of nuclear projects, including the Daya Bay, Ling Ao Phase I and II, Hongyanhe and Taishan nuclear power plants, and also provided the Total Technical Services for Daya Bay and Ling Ao turbine islands. Through working together with local partners, Alstom has achieved a 20% share of China’s hydro power market, and a nearly 50% market share of turbine islands for nuclear power plants. Alstom also provides boilers, steam turbine and generator sets for fossil fuel projects, and construction of combined cycle projects.
Alstom’s sea-water Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) is very popular in China and has been applied in a number of power plants in Shenzhen, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, Huangdao and Rizhao. Alstom licensees have supplied more than 15GW FGD plants in China based on our WFGD/DFGD technologies. In China, Alstom has also set up more than 15 on-line Remote Monitoring and Diagnostic Centers at provincial power experiment research institutes and such major industrial groups as Huaneng, Sinopec and China Petroleum, where real-time and historical data is collected from over 3,000 key units.
Alstom Grid in China – Expertise in power transmission gives new dimension to the Group
Alstom completes a decisive stage in its development by forming Alstom Grid on 7 June 2010 by acquiring Areva T&D’s transmission business, to supplement the existing two sectors in power generation and rail transport, Power and Transport. Alstom Grid boasts its 100 years of experience in the development of the world electrical grids, advanced technologies and expertise in key domains such as power electronics, ultra high voltage, direct current interconnections, integration of renewables into the grid and network management solutions.
In China, Alstom Grid employs 2,100 people in 12 main sites, representing sales of approximately € 270 million in the country in 2009. With a presence of more than 50 years in China, Alstom Grid has major references in transmission, which include: HVDC - Ningdong-Shandong HVDC link and Three Gorges HVDC Project (Gezhou Dam to Shanghai), bushing for SGCC's 1st 1100 kV transmission line and 550 kV GIL for China Guangdong Nuclear Group Ningde nuclear substation. In addition to these achievements, Alstom Grid is also engaged in a number of ongoing portfolio of projects, such as 550 kV power transformer for Inner Mongolia Power Group, 2 HVDC projects (Jinping - Sunnan & Qinghai - Tibet) and other ongoing bulk bidding with China State Grid and Guangdong Power Group.
Fulfilling Corporate Social Responsibility; Anticipating New Environmental, Social and Economic Developments
Sustainable development lies at the heart of Alstom’s strategy. Aware of its role in society, Alstom has embarked on a strategy to participate in and contribute to local communities and universities as well as to assess and offset the impact of its manufacturing activities on the environment.