Contract worth more than 700 million euros

Alstom has won a contract worth over 700 million euros with
US-based global energy company AES Corporation to build a
turnkey 670 MW clean coal power plant in Bulgaria.

Alstom will provide an integrated clean power solution
including engineering, procurement, construction, and in-house
manufacturing of the main equipment for the Maritza East 1
lignite-fired power plant, located near the town of Galabovo in
the south-east of the country.

The plant will achieve emissions levels below those required
by the EU Large Combustion Plant Directive. It will be equipped
with Alstom advanced lignite-firing pulverised coal boilers
using state-of-the-art low NOx burners.

In addition to the boilers, emissions control will be
achieved with post-combustion equipment from Alstom. The
limestone-based wet flue gas desulphurisation (wet FGD) system
will achieve 98% sulphur dioxide removal. The electrostatic
precipitator (ESP) will limit particulate emissions.

The plant will feature other proven in-house Alstom
technology, including two


335 MW turbine-generator sets, TOPGAS turbogenerators, coal and
ash handling systems as well as electrical, information and
control systems and balance of plant.

Maritza East 1 will be the first large-scale power project
to be built in Bulgaria for the last twenty years and is
planned to start commercial operation in 2009.

As the plant integration and clean power specialist, Alstom
offers a unique combination of skills in project management,
engineering, procurement, construction, power generation
services, as well as comprehensive knowledge and excellence in
component design and manufacturing.

Philippe Joubert, President of Alstoms  Power
Turbo-Systems/Power Environment Sector, said: Maritza
East 1 represents another major reference for Alstom in the
growing Central and Eastern Europe coal power plant market. In
todays world, where the environment has become a primary
driver for our clients, producing clean coal power is both a
necessity and the main technical challenge. With this major
contract, Alstom proves its unique capability to meet this
challenge, for the benefit of its customers.

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