Alstom wins several contracts worth up to 1 billion euro
for a 1,280 MW GT26-based combined-cycle power plant in the
Netherlands

Alstom will design and build Claus C next to the existing
power plant and provide the main components, including three
GT26 gas turbines along with TOPAIR turbogenerators, heat
recovery steam generators, ALSPA distributed control system and
the relevant auxiliary equipment. Alstom will also retrofit the
existing 640 MW steam turbine of Claus B and integrate it into
the new combined cycle.

The replacement of the old gas fired boiler of Claus B by
the three new GT26 gas turbines will increase the total output
to 1,280 MW from the current 640 MW and reduce CO2 emissions by
40%. This repowering configuration will increase the efficiency
of the plant from 39% now to above 58%, making it one of the
most efficient combined-cycle power plants available today.

Philippe Joubert, Alstoms Executive Vice-President
and President, Power Systems Sector, said: Alstom, as a
plant integrator specialist will be providing Essent with a
highly flexible plant in line with the stringent environmental
regulations that are currently in place in the Netherlands.
Retrofitting one of the existing units will further improve the
overall efficiency, thereby reducing emissions.

Michiel Boersma, Chairman of the Essent N.V. Board, said
about the cooperation with Alstom: I am happy that we
reached agreement today and that we signed the contracts. I
expect we will realise this project in good cooperation and
inside the agreed terms, enabling us to further strengthen our
relation as business partners."

This is the second combined cycle power plant that Alstom
has been awarded in the Netherlands this year. In January 2008,
it won an order with Dutch utility Electrabel Nederland, to
build a 870 MW turnkey combined cycle power plant
Flevocentrale - in Lelystad, located in the centre of the
Netherlands. Alstom is a key player in the Dutch power
generation market with 60% of electricity generated in the
Netherlands produced by Alstom equipment.

Worldwide, 84 Alstom GT24/GT26 gas turbines are in
commercial operation and the fleet has already accumulated over
2.7 million firing hours.

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