Alstom opens in Chattanooga, USA, a state-of-the art
turbine manufacturing facility to address the North American
power generation market

Alstom Power President Philippe Joubert said:
Our new Chattanooga factory dramatically enhances
Alstoms ability to build and retrofit power generation
equipment for customers in North America and beyond. Coupled with
Alstoms recent investments in carbon capture and
sequestration (CCS) and wind turbine production in the US, this
unit represents another important step in executing our clean
power strategy.



The Chattanooga factory is equipped with a balancing facility
that allows the manufacture of the largest turbines in the world,
Alstoms ARABELLETM 1,700 MW class nuclear steam turbine.
The turbo-generator components will also be manufactured in this
facility. Its size is particularly relevant to the nuclear
industry, both for retrofitting existing equipment to make it
more efficient or building the equipment that will be needed for
the next generation of power plants.


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Chattanooga is an ideal place for the manufacture of large power
generation equipment because of its central location in the
country and its excellent access to road, rail and waterways. The
facility features an on-site barge dock with a lifting capacity
of up to 1,000 tons.



The Alstom facility was expanded in line with the requirements
for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold
certification a US benchmark for high performance green
buildings. For example, demolition debris was re-used, insulated
sidings and roofs were installed, skylights will substantially
reduce electricity consumption for lighting, process heat will be
recovered to improve the efficiency of the HVAC system and rain
water will be collected to irrigate the landscape.



Alstom already operates turbine manufacturing facilities notably
in France, Germany, Switzerland and China. Alstom's expansion of
its Chattanooga facility is consistent with the company's larger
clean power strategy in the US and worldwide. As part of that
strategy, Alstom last month announced plans to build a wind power
assembly facility in Amarillo, Texas, that will position the
Group as a major player able to meet the needs of the growing
North American wind power market

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alicia.montoya@power.alstom.com


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