ALSTOM Wins 10 Year Power Plant Operation Support And
Maintenance Contract In Brazil

ALSTOM
has been awarded a 10 year operation support and maintenance
contract for the Nova Piratininga power plant, located on the
outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The
total contract, worth approximately 130 million euros, was
placed by Petrobras SA. Part of the order had already been
signed in January, in order to provide operation and
maintenance services when the first gas turbine began
commercial operation in July of this year.

The
contract covers operation support and daily maintenance, as
well as all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, of four
GT11N2 gas turbines, generators and related auxiliaries.

Piratininga has until recently been a steam power
plant equipped with two non-ALSTOM steam turbines. It is soon
to be converted into a combined-cycle plant and ALSTOM has been
awarded the contracts to supply the gas turbines for this
purpose. Currently one GT11N2 gas turbine is in commercial
operation, the second unit is expected to be commercially
operating by mid-September and mechanical erection of the other
two turbines began in June this year. When all 4 gas turbines
are in commercial operation, the total power plant output will
amount to 580 MW.

Petrobras will then be in an excellent position to
help meet Brazil s increasing energy needs by producing
considerably more electricity for the State of Sao
Paulo.

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 and power
transmission and distribution, and the transport market
through its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year
2001/02, ALSTOM had annual sales in excess of 23
billion and employed more than 118,000 people in over 70
countries.

ALSTOM
is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock
exchanges.

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