Alstom wins turbine contracts

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Alstom has been awarded contracts to supply two GT26-based combined cycle power plants in the UK and the United Arab Emirates.

has been awarded contracts to supply two GT26-based combined cycle power plants, including a total of nine GT26 gas turbines, in the

and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

In the UK, Alstom signed a contract valued at €850m with RWE npower for the construction and the maintenance support of a turnkey combined-cycle power plant at Staythorpe, central England. Under the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, Alstom will design, supply, install and commission the 1,650MW gas power plant. The contract also includes a long term spare parts agreement.

The Staythorpe power plant is a part of RWE’s plan to renew its generation portfolio with more efficient and more environmentally friendly plants. According to Andrew Duff, group chief executive officer of RWE npower, ‘The investment in this new power plant to be built by Alstom will put us on track to reduce the amount of CO2 we emit per unit of power generated by one third by 2015 compared to 2000, and by one half compared to 1990 levels.’

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