ALSTOM wins 150 million euro orders for UK power plant upgrade
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ALSTOM has won orders worth 150 million euros from RWE npower to retrofit 3 x 500 MW steam turbine units and to design and supply new emissions control systems for its Aberthaw coal-fired power station in Wales.
The first contract is for the design, engineering and installation of steam turbine retrofit solutions for all three units at the station. The project is scheduled for completion in 2008.
The second contract, in consortium with AMEC, is for emission control systems including a seawater flue gas desulphurisation system (SWFGD). ALSTOM will supply the emission control systems and components, while AMEC will be responsible for the structural and civil engineering design and overall site management.
The SWFGD system is designed to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from the station by 95%, in line with the most stringent EU emission requirements, as specified in the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD).
Aberthaw Power Station produces around one third of the electricity output for Wales.
This brings to three the number of major orders awarded to ALSTOM by RWE npower this year, following the award in January to retrofit the low pressure turbine cylinders at Didcot A power station.
Philippe Joubert, President of ALSTOMs Power Turbo Systems and Power Environment Sectors, said: We are a world-leading company in both the steam retrofit and the emissions control market, so we were well placed to respond effectively to RWE npowers request. Many of our customers are driving for more efficiency from their equipment coupled with massively reduced emissions and ALSTOMs solutions and plant integrator expertise are giving us the edge in the power plant upgrade market.
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