Alstom wins two steam turbine modernisation contracts in Poland

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Coal-fired power plants Kozienice and Lodz to receive upgrades worth 15 million

Global leader in power generation equipment and services, Alstom, announced today that it has signed two modernisation contracts in Poland worth approximately 15 million. The first contract signed on 28 March 2012 with Elektrownia Kozienice S.A.consists of upgrading steam turbine units no 3 and 6 of the Kozienice power plant. The scope of the project will include exchanging blades and diaphragms, revitalising steam turbine casings and valve chambers and multiple equipment overhauls.

This modernisation project marks several key benefits for Polands second largest coal-fired power station with an installed capacity of 2820 MW. As a result of the upgrades, the Kozienice power plant will benefit from an increase of power output by 3MW per unit, an efficiency increase for the high-pressure turbine and lifetime extension.
 
Earlier in February 2012, Dalkia ód S.A awarded Alstom the contract to perform a series of upgrades to units no 3 and 4 of the Lodz cogeneration heat power plant. With an installed capacity of 1671MW, the coal-fired Lodz plant will receive major turbine generator set overhauls, new high-pressure steam turbine modules and other equipment upgrades. Modernisation will result in an increase of the steam turbine generator sets efficiency, power and availability.

Each of these projects presents a significant opportunity for Alstoms turbine factory in Elblag to conduct overhauls and provide equipment for two of Polands most important power plants. While extending the plants lifetime, we are helping provide cleaner, more efficient, more reliable energy solutions at both Kozienice and Lodz, stated Robert Butzke, Managing Director of Thermal Services in Alstom Power in Poland.

The modernisation projects at Kozienice and Lodz further strengthen Alstoms retrofit experience in Poland, following a major contract signed with PGE Gornictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A in 2011.

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Sapna Lalwani (Alstom Thermal Power)
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Dorota Januszkiewicz (Alstom Poland)
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