Press releases

American Electric Power awards Alstom contracts worth over USD 100 million

United States, Coal, Nuclear, Carbon Capture, Steam Turbines

17 Nov 2009

American Electric Power (AEP) will purchase steam turbines from Alstom Power for its DC Cook 1 nuclear power plant in Michigan and its Conesville 4 coal-fired generating unit in Ohio. The replacement of turbines on these units will bring improved performance and reliability.

Alstom unveils Wuhan Boiler Company Ltd. in China

China, Coal, Utility Boilers

12 Nov 2009

New energy-efficient factory will save 6,000 tonnes/year of CO2 while improving Alstom’s manufacturing capabilities in China and the Asia Pacific.

Alstom wins international orders worth €100 million, reinforcing its role as world leader in air quality control

India, Saudi Arabia, Fuel-Oil, Industry, Air Quality Control Systems

09 Nov 2009

Alstom, the world leader in air quality control systems for the power industry, has been awarded two contracts worth a total of over €100 million in India and Saudi Arabia, proving Alstom’s ability to provide a global answer to concerns over air pollution.

Alstom to supply electrical equipment for a new unit at Ruacana, Namibia’s biggest hydropower plant

Hydro, Hydro Generators, Hydro Turbines

05 Nov 2009

Alstom Hydro, in consortium with Andritz Hydro, has been awarded a contract with Namibia’s state-owned power utility Nam Power for the supply of the electro-mechanical equipment and penstocks for a new 92 MW turbine-generator unit at Ruacana power plant in Namibia. Alstom’s share of the contract is approximately €16 million.

Alstom and Schlumberger seal a joint agreement to develop carbon capture & storage readiness studies for power plants

Coal, Gas, Carbon Capture

04 Nov 2009

Alstom and Schlumberger have announced the signature of an agreement for mutual collaboration in the joint offering of CCS*-ready studies. These innovative studies will conduct a technical analysis of a power plant to identify how it should be adapted to accommodate an Alstom CCS system.

Alstom signs a contract worth €450 million with Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG to supply innovative steam turbine and boiler technology

Germany, Coal, Steam Turbines, Turbogenerators

02 Nov 2009

Alstom has signed two contracts, worth a total value of approximately 450 million euros, known as the Mannheim 9 project, to supply Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG with new boiler and turbine units at the company’s Mannheim power plant in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Alstom reinforces its capabilities in CO2 capture with the acquisition of former Lummus Global engineering unit

30 Oct 2009

Alstom has acquired the engineering office of the former Lummus Global, a leading provider of technology for the hydrocarbon processing industry, in Wiesbaden, Germany. The unit, renamed ALSTOM Carbon Capture GmbH, will be integrated into Alstom’s CO2 Capture Systems activity.

AEP and Alstom commission first of Its kind Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) project

United States, Coal, Carbon Capture

30 Oct 2009

Project will capture and store approximately 100,000 tonnes of CO2 Annually

Alstom signs €178 million variable speed pumped-storage hydro contract

Switzerland, Hydro, Hydro Power Plants

28 Oct 2009

Expanding Switzerland’s renewable energy production capacity by 1000 MW, Alstom Hydro has been awarded a €178 million contract to provide four 250 MW variable speed pump turbine and motor generator units for a new pumped storage installation in Switzerland.

Alstom wins contracts worth around €100 million to provide power generation equipment to the Middle East

Jordan, Gas, Gas Turbines, Turbogenerators

26 Oct 2009

Alstom has recently won several contracts, worth approximately €100 million, in the Middle East in the field of power generation equipment. Notably, Alstom will supply key equipment to Korean contractor Hanwha Engineering & Construction for the new Samra III gas-fired power plant in the Kingdom of Jordan.