Alstom reinforces its leadership in Air Quality Control in India

Alstom, the world leader in air quality control systems for the power industry, has been awarded a contract worth approximately Rs 470 crores (approximately 70 million) in India by Hindalco Industries Ltd, proving Alstoms ability to provide air quality control solutions to industries outside the power sector.

Under the terms of this contract, Alstom will design, engineer, supply, install and commission four gas treatment plants at the Mahan and Aditya aluminium smelters in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa. The plants, due onstream in early 2012, will capture, filter and recycle corrosive gas produced by the smelters, notably hydrogen fluoride, improving air quality and thus conforming to Indian environmental requirements. Around 80% of the activities for the projects will be executed by Alstom in India.

The selection of Alstom for these projects confirms Alstoms leadership in environmental control systems for both power plants and industrial plants. Besides this technological leadership, the award of this contract is proof of Alstoms rock solid reputation in project execution as well as Alstoms truly global footprint, combining our first class technologies, developed in our R&D and technology centres, with our strong local project execution capabilities in our execution offices around the globe, says Emmanuel Colombier, Vice Chairman and MD, ALSTOM Projects India Limited.

Growing concern over climate change, combined with ever stricter regulations and compliance deadlines, have increased international demand for air quality control systems in industry. Alstom has the worlds largest installed base in air pollution control, with over 100,000 MW worth of wet and dry FGD systems and over 40 years of experience in FGD design.

Editors Notes
*Flue gas desulphurization (FGD) systems remove sulfur dioxide and particulate matter released from coal-fired steam generators. Alstom offers both wet and dry processes for FGD to meet the varying economic requirements of its customers. Seawater flue gas desuphurisation (SWFGD) is suitable for thermal power stations, metal smelters and oil refineries, and efficiently treats flue gases containing 20-6500 ppm of sulphur dioxide. The compact design provides a good solution to both new and retrofit installations and is especially cost-efficient on applications that already use seawater as a coolant. The first Alstom SWFGD plant started operation in 1968. Today, more than 90 of these units have been installed or are under construction in different parts of the world, corresponding to a total equivalent capacity of about 32 GW of flue gas desulphurisation.

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About ALSTOM Projects India Limited 

ALSTOM Projects India Ltd (APIL) is a majority owned subsidiary company of Alstom SA France the global leader in power generation and rail infrastructure. In India since 1910, Alstom is one of the oldest companies in the country employing more than 4000 people with a software technology facility at Bengaluru, four manufacturing units (for Hydro in Vadodara, Boilers in Durgapur and Shahabad and for transport at Coimbatore).
Alstom in India offers a composite range of equipment and services related to power generation for utilities and industrial users, transportation systems covering traction, signalling and train control for the railways and energy management for a variety of industries. ALSTOM Projects India Ltd. has a turnover of Rs 2290 crores and is listed at BSE and NSE with one third of its shares held by the public.

About Alstom 

Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, and provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind. The Group employs 81,500 people in 70 countries, and had orders of 24,6 billion in 2008/09.

For further information, please contact:

Rachana Panda (Alstom India)
Tel: 0120 4731394
rachana.panda@power.alstom.com

Susanne Shields
Tel: +33 1 41 49 27 22
Susanne.shields@power.alstom.com