ALSTOM to modernize hydro plants in Sweden and Norway
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ALSTOM has recently won three orders from utilities in
Sweden and Norway for modernisation of hydro power plant
equipment.
In Sweden, ALSTOM, in consortium with Waplans, has been
contracted by the Swedish State Electricity Board (Vattenfall) to
refurbish the Gejman Hydro Power Plant, located on a tributary of
the Ume river in northern Sweden. The scope of work includes
replacement of the existing 37-year-old equipment with a complete
new generating unit (63 MVA) and its auxiliary systems which will
secure the operation of the station for another 40 years. ALSTOM will carry out the installation of a new
generator, new turbine runner and distributed control
equipment for ancillary systems. Waplans is
responsible for all other turbine parts and their installation.
Commissioning of the new unit is scheduled for the end of
2007. In Norway, ALSTOM will supply two 18.5 MVA generators to
replace the existing ones at the Gronvollfoss station, owned by
the utility Skagerak Kraft AS. The station was built in 1933 and
is located on the Tinna river in Notodden, Norway. The company will also provide a 21 MW turbine/generator unit
for the Funna power station, due to be operational in the summer
of 2007. Funna, located in Meraker, Norway, is owned by the
utility Nord-Trondelag Elektrisitetsverk.Should you have any media inquiries about this press release, do not hesitate to contact our team.