Alstom to build the first GT26-based gas-fired power plant in Algeria with a capacity of 1,200 MW

An Alstom-led consortium has been awarded a contract worth
more than 1.3 billion euro by the Algerian state-owned gas and
electricity company Sonelgaz (Société Nationale de
lElectricité et du Gaz) to build a 1,200 MW
gas-fired power plant.

This first GT26-based turnkey
combined-cycle power plant in Algeria, based upon a total of
three GT-26 gas turbines, will be located in Terga, 600 km west
of Algiers. Alstoms part of the contract is worth
approximately 800 million euro. The Alstoms consortium
partner is Egyptian Orascom Construction Industries.

Under the contract, Alstom will supply a full turnkey
combined-cycle power plant integrating in-house core plant
components built around Alstoms advanced class GT26 gas
turbine with best operational flexibility. The plant will be
composed of three combined cycle units (3 x 400 MW). Orascom
will be in charge of civil works and construction.

Due to the countrys industrial and economic
development, important investments in infrastructure and
increasing electricity demand from a growing population, this
new contract will reinforce the countrys power
generating capacity.

This third contract for a gas-fired power plant awarded to
Alstom by Sonelgaz in recent years follows two GT13E2-based
projects, FKirina and Relizane, signed respectively in
2003 and 2007. Sonelgaz has renewed its vote of confidence in
Alstom, following the success of the FKirina project ,
which was delivered on time in 2004 and has demonstrated a high
availability during its first three years of operation.

Patrick Kron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Alstom, declared today during the signature ceremony in
Algiers: We are particularly proud to be selected by
Sonelgaz for the third time in four years to contribute to the
development of Algerias power generation capacity.

With
its high efficiency, operational flexibility and low emissions,
our GT26 advanced technology will secure power supply in the
region while protecting environment. Alstom has also been
successful in Algeria on the transport market, with the
Algiers, Constantine and Oran tramways, as well as the
electrification of the Algiers suburban network.

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