ALSTOM WINS BREAKTHROUGH ORDER FOR ITS INNOVATIVE AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT IN LITHUANIA

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The contract is split into two phases: in phase one, valued
at 94 million euros, ALSTOM will supply air pollution control
equipment to treat flue gas emissions from two 300 MW units,
and in phase two, which will come into force in 2007, the
company will supply air pollution equipment for the additional
three 300 MW units at the plant. The total contract value of
phases one and two will be over 200 million euros.

This contract is part of an upgrading plan for the
Elektrenai 1800 MW oil-fired power plant to secure domestic
power production in Lithuania and to partly replace the
generating capacity from Ignalina Nuclear Power Station, which
will be shut down at the end of 2009. The ALSTOM-supplied air
pollution control equipment will reduce particulate and sulphur
oxides emissions from the plant to levels below those specified
in the EU Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD).

ALSTOM’s scope of supply includes a total of five
FLOWPAC flue gas desulphurisation plants. The FLOWPAC is
ALSTOM’s innovative turbulent bed, limestone
forced-oxidation wet flue gas desulphurisation technology that
meets today’s stringent requirements for the removal of
not only sulphur dioxide, but also sulphur trioxide and
particulate matter. In addition, the technology can treat
emissions from fuels with wide ranges of sulphur content, and
its compact design offers lower operation and maintenance costs
compared with conventional wet flue gas desulphurisation
designs.

ALSTOM will also supply eight new electrostatic
precipitators (ESP’s) for the removal of particulate
emissions and will upgrade an existing ESP at the Elekrenai
Power Plant.

ALSTOM has previously supplied one flue gas desulphurisation
system to the Elekrenai Power Plant and most recently received
an order to supply low-NOx burners for the upgrade of its
boilers.