Wuhan Boiler Company (WBC), Alstom’s largest utility boiler manufacturing site in the world, has signed a contract with Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co. Ltd., to supply four 350 MW sub-critical pulverised coal-fired boilers, for a cogeneration power plant located in Shandong Province, China.

Between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012, Alstom booked €21.7 billion of orders, up 14% compared to last year. As announced, the fourth quarter was particularly strong with €6.6 billion of new contracts.

Alstom was recently awarded three contracts by MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), the operator of Hong Kong’s metro network, to supply a fully-automatic signalling system for the South Island Line (East); track and overhead line infrastructure systems for the South Island Line (East), track and overhead line infrastructure systems for the Kwun Tong Line extension; and confirmation of the option for a signalling system for the Kwun Tong Line extension. The total value of these three contracts and o

Alstom wins France’s first offshore wind tender as part of the EDF EN consortium. Four factories will be created to supply 240 Haliade 150 wind turbines.

We’re going to participate to the Nuclear Industry China (NIC) 2012, showcasing strong nuclear capability and the wide range of cutting-edge nuclear product offering.

On 19 March, Alstom inaugurated the largest offshore wind turbine in the world, at Carnet in the Loire-Atlantique. The ceremony was attended by Eric Besson, Minister of Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, and Patrick Kron, Chairman and CEO of Alstom.

Alstom, the global power generation company announced today at Russia Power 2012, that it is introducing an upgraded version of its highly successful GT13E2 gas turbine.

Alstom and its consortium partner, Hydrochina Huadong Engineering Corporation, have signed a contract worth approximately €18 Million, with Vietnam Electricity (EVN), to provide electro-mechanical equipment and technical services for Song Bung 4 hydropower project in Vietnam.

The Land Transport Authority of Singapore has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €240 million to provide new trains for two metro lines, the Circle Line (CCL) and North East Line (NEL), along with signaling upgrade for both lines.

Alstom, a global leader in power generation equipment and services, has signed a close to €50 million contract with China State Development and Investment Corporation (SDIC), to supply 2x660MW Steam Turbine Generator units for a fossil fuel power plant in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The power plant, located in Hami, will be the first 600MW size power plant in Xinjiang, China with supercritical steam conditions designed for leading efficiency and lower carbon emissions.

 Alstom and its local joint venture Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. (SATEE) have been awarded a contract worth around euro 26 million by Qingdao Metro Co., Ltd to supply the state-of-the-art traction system to Qingdao Metro Line 3.

China Datang Corporation (Datang) and Alstom signed the feasibility study agreement for CCS Demo Project in Daqing, Heilongjiang province. This is another major step for both parties in forming the long-term strategic partnership to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects following the signing of MOU in September this year. The agreement was signed in the pre

Between 1st April and 30th September 2011, Alstom booked a sound level of orders at €10.2 billion, up 45% compared to the first half of last year, confirming the recovery achieved in the second part of 2010/11. Over the same period, sales amounted to €9.4 billion, down 10%, reflecting the low level of orders taken during the last economic downturn. Impacted by this lower volume, income from operations decreased to €627 million, corresponding to a margin of 6.7%. The net result stood at €3

The agreement was signed in Beijing in the presence of Cao Zhi’An, Executive Vice-President of SGCC, Wei Qinghai, General Manager of CET and Grégoire Poux-Guillaume, President of Alstom Grid.

 Alstom Grid, the global expert in electrical grid performance, has been awarded a contract with Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Group Co., Ltd., the largest salt chemical company in China, to deliver 16 of its new, 65 MVA Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) transformers to the Qinghai Salt Lake Metal Magnesium Integration Project (Geermu City) and the Qinghai Salt Lake Haina Chemical Company PVC Project (Xining City), both located in north-west of China.

Alstom, a leading provider of power generation equipment and associated services, announced today that it has been awarded with a contract for retrofit and maintenance work at the Shidonkou Second Power Plant.

China Datang Corporation and Alstom  have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a long-term strategic partnership and jointly develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects in China. The announcement was made on the occasion of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum organized this year in Beijing, and attended by key governmental and corporate energy decision makers.

China Datang Corporation and Alstom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a long-term strategic partnership and jointly develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects in China.

Alstom, the world’s leading supplier of air quality control equipment, has secured contracts worth over €100 million for air quality control equipment in the Middle East.

Ling Ao Unit 4, the second unit of Ling Ao Phase II nuclear power plant, entered commercial operation in China on 7th August, 2011. Hitherto, Alstom has provided key equipment and services to the nuclear power plant and entered into the warranty period. After the operation of Unit 4, the Daya Bay/Ling Ao complex has become the largest nuclear power plant in the Guangdong province, with more than 50% of Chin

On 28 July, Alstom signed an operation and maintenance contract for about twenty years, worth around €330 million with Dalia Power Energies Ltd for the 835 MW gas-fired Tzafit power plant in Israel. This service contract follows the agreement signed earlier in June 2011 between Alstom and Dalia Power Energies to construct two 417 MW gas-fired combined cycle units on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis. It will be booked in the second half of the 2011/12 fiscal year.

From 1 April to 30 June 2011, orders booked by Alstom amounted to €5 billion, up 44% (+34% excluding Grid) compared to the same period last year. Sales, at €4.5 billion, were down 12% (-23% excluding Grid), reflecting the low level of orders taken during the economic downturn.

Paris, July 11, 2011. EDF Energies Nouvelles, DONG Energy, Nass&Wind Offshore, Poweo ENR, wpd offshore and Alstom are pooling their expertise and their investment capacity within a consortium created to respond to the “offshore wind energy” call for tenders launched on July 11 by the French government. These partnerships illustrate a shared commitment to create, in a team spirit, projects of excellence that are: technologically innovative, financially and technically sound, devised locally, mast

SEC Alstom (Wuhan) Transformers Co., Ltd., a joint venture of Alstom Grid and Shanghai Electric Group (SEC), has won a 2011 National Investment Projects Excellence Award from the Investment Association of China. The award recognises the successful realisation of the SEC Alstom Wuhan Transformers (SAWT) “green” transformer plant – a world first. 

Alstom, in consortium with Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), has been awarded a contract worth over €285 million by  Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) to install a 1000 MW variable speed pumped storage hydro power plant on the river Bhagirathi in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It will be India’s first pumped storage power plant to use variable speed technology. Alstom’s share of the contract is worth around €180 million.

In the context of the visit in France of Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alstom today signed a series of agreements in the Russian power generation sector, confirming Alstom’s  strong commitment to the development of energy sector in Russia.

Alstom has taken a 40% equity share in Scottish renewable energy company AWS Ocean Energy, representing Alstom’s entry to the wave energy market. Alstom will be a shareholder alongside Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 and Scottish Investment Bank, who continue their support of AWS.

The Alstom Board has approved a major reorganisation of the company proposed by Patrick Kron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alstom. This reorganisation is effective on 4 July 2011.

Unveiling the results of a detailed study, based on Alstom’s 13 pilot and demonstration projects and validated by independent experts, Alstom Power President, Philippe Joubert, said at a PowerGen Europe conference in Milan last week that: “We can now be confident that carbon capture technology works and is cost effective”. The cost of electricity generated in a coal-burning power plant with CCS equipment, which will be available at a commercial scale in 2015 and will allow to capture 90% of the

Alstom signed a contract worth nearly €200 million to build and service three wind farms in Brazil for Brasventos S.A., a special purpose company composed of J. Malucelli Energia (51%), Eletrobras Eletronorte (24,5%) and Eletrobras Furnas (24,5%). The wind farms will be located in Rio Grande do Norte State (northeast region) and will have a forecasted production of 580,000 MWh per year, enough to power more than 100,000 households and save more than 300,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.