South African coal-fired power plant to get 160 million environmental control system

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Alstom will engineer, supply and install six
wet limestone FGD plants for the six new 800 MW coal fired
boilers in the Kusile power plant. These systems will remove more
than 90% of the sulphur oxide generated in the boilers, making
Kusile the most environmentally-friendly coal-fired power plant
in sub-Saharan Africa. The contract, booked in the 2nd quarter of
the 2010/2011 fiscal year, will be executed in consortium with
Cosira, a major structural steel fabrication, mechanical and
piping construction company in South Africa.

Andreas Lusch, Senior Vice President at Alstom
Power says: Alstoms FGD systems will contribute to
the sustainable development of South Africa by enabling Eskom to
generate electricity from local coal, using the most advanced
desulphurisation solution in the market. We are proud to have
been chosen to supply South Africas first FGD system and
help the country meet its environmental targets.

Eskom and Alstom have a long-standing
relationship: Alstom has provided major equipment to 12 of South
Africas 13 coal-fired power plants and Africas only
nuclear power plant. In South Africa. Alstoms presence
spans over 100 years, its turbines generate 80% of the
countrys installed capacity. Alstom has provided 30% of
the countrys boilers. Most recently, the two companies
have collaborated on projects such as the retrofitting of the
Arnot power plant, an integrated retrofit project providing a
capacity increase to that station of more than 300 MW, and the
retrofitting of the Koeberg nuclear facility, which will increase
the power output by over 65 MW, improve the availability and
reliability of power supply, and will also extend the lifetime of
the plant.

Editors Notes
*Flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems remove sulphur dioxide
released from coal-fired power plants. Alstom offers wet,
seawater and dry processes for FGD to meet the varying economic
requirements of its customers. Seawater flue gas desuphurisation
(SWFGD) is suitable for thermal power stations, metal smelters
and oil refineries, and efficiently treats flue gases containing
20-6500 ppm of sulphur dioxide. The compact design provides a
good solution to both new and retrofit installations and is
especially cost-efficient on applications that already use
seawater as a coolant. The first Alstom SWFGD plant started
operation in 1968. Today, more than 90 of these units have been
installed or are under construction in different parts of the
world, corresponding to a total equivalent capacity of about 32
GW of flue gas desulphurisation.

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