ALSTOM wins 200 million Euro repowering power plant order
in Mexico

First order in Mexico to convert a thermal power plant to
combined cycle

ALSTOM has signed a contract worth around 200 million euros
with the Mexican State utility, Comision Federal de
Electricidad (CFE), to repower Unit 4 of the Valle de Mexico
thermal power plant. This was included in ALSTOM's orderbook
for the half-year ended 30 September.

Under the terms of the contract ALSTOM will supply 3x115MW
GT11N2 gas turbine generator units, three heat recovery steam
generators (HRSG) and associated auxiliary equipment,
engineering, the electrical and control system and a high
voltage switchyard. The Company will also be responsible for
site preparation, civil works, erection and commissioning. The
equipment supplied, together with the necessary
interconnections with the existing boiler and steam turbine of
Unit 4, will form a combined cycle plant. The existing steam
turbine was also delivered by ALSTOM Power.

The repowering of Unit 4 will increase output from 300 MW to
around 550 MW at the design point and during hybrid operation,
providing additional power to Mexico City. Hybrid operation
mode involves running the new installed gas turbine generator
units and HRSGs at base load, while the boiler runs at part
load to ensure that the steam turbine unit runs at full
load.

The plant will be fully operational by the middle of 2002
and will be the first combined-cycle plant in Mexico whose
design allows operation in pure combined-cycle or hybrid
mode.

ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport
infrastructure. The Company serves the energy market through
its activities in the fields of power generation, power
transmission and distribution, power conversion and electrical
contracting and the transport market through its activities in
rail and marine. Following the full integration of the power
generation activities, ALSTOM today has annual sales in excess
of 20 billion euros and employs approximately 140,000 people in
over 70 countries

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