ALSTOM wins orders worth 200 MEUR at Dubai Aluminium smelter

ALSTOM has won orders worth around 200 million with Dubai Aluminium
Company Limited (DUBAL) for the turnkey construction of a 430 MW
gas-fired combined-cycle power plant and the supply of fume treatment
systems for an aluminium smelter in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The contracts were signed yesterday by ALSTOM Chairman and CEO Patrick Kron, Mohamed Al-Gureir DUBAL Managing Director and Abdullah Kalman DUBAL CEO, at an official ceremony held in Dubai.

DUBAL is extending two of its nine aluminium smelting potlines at its plant, located in the south of the Emirate, and consequently needs more power for the production process.

ALSTOM will carry out the engineering, supply, building and commissioning of the new power plant, including the supply of two ALSTOMs GT13E2 gas turbines, three generators, steam turbine, heat recovery steam generator, digital control system and balance of plant.

ALSTOM will also supply two fume treatment centres for the extension of the two potlines which will significantly decrease the fluoride and particulate emissions produced in the aluminium production process.

The power plant will begin delivering power as early as January 2007 with project completion scheduled for December 2007.

Philippe Joubert, President of ALSTOMs Power Turbo-Systems/Power Environment Sector, said: The GT13E2 is proving itself to be the flexible, powerful solution required for power production for aluminium smelting. We are strong players in the aluminium market because of two factors: this technology and our plant integrator capability. This contract represents a significant development in the business relationship between our two companies." 

Editors notes
ALSTOM has, over the past three years, won several contracts to build turnkey power plants for the three aluminium producers in the Middle East, namely Aluminium Bahrain, Sohar Aluminium Company and DUBAL.

In 2003, ALSTOM won a contract with Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) for a 650 MW 2X GT13 gas-fired combined cycle power station as part of an expansion project for its aluminium smelter plant. This followed two earlier contracts in 1990 and 1995 for two gas-fired power stations. In 2005, ALSTOM won a repeat gas turbine upgrade order for its gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant at Manama, Bahrain

In 2004, ALSTOM won a contract with Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) to upgrade and extend an existing gas-fired power station to cater for an increase in aluminium.

At the end of 2005, ALSTOM won a contract from Sohar Aluminium Company for the turnkey construction and long-term maintenance of a 1000 MW 4X GT13 gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Oman.

ALSTOM is also a world leader in environmental control systems and has supplied several fume treatment systems to control emissions from aluminium smelters owned by ALBA and DUBAL.

ALSTOM also won a contract in 2005 in Argentina with aluminium producer Aluar for the turnkey construction of a 465 MW 2X GT13 gas-fired combined cycle power station.

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