ALSTOM awarded 450MW Braemar Power Plant project in
Australia

ALSTOM has received Notice to Proceed under a contract for
the supply of a turnkey 450 MW open cycle gas fired power plant
at Braemar in Queenslands south east. The notice has
been given by independent power producer, Braemar Power Project
Pty Ltd, a specialist gas-fired generation company owned by ERM
Power and Babcock & Brown.

ALSTOM will design, supply, install and commission the
entire power plant consisting of 3 x GT13E2 gas turbines, step
up transformers, Plant Control Systems and balance of
plant.

The site has been designed to incorporate a further three
gas turbine units at a later date with adequate space for the
turbines to be converted to combined cycle in the future. The
power station is located in a major gas province, where there
are numerous existing and new developing gas fields from which
the power station will be supplied on a competitive basis.

Construction of the three units, valued in excess of $220m,
commences with site clearing on 26th May 2005, with commercial
operation expected in July 2006. When complete, the Plant will
assist with meeting the ever increasing electricity demands of
Queensland and to assist ENERGEX Retail Pty Ltd, the major
electricity retailer in Queensland to manage its peak load
financial risk in the deregulated wholesale electricity
market.

This order brings the total of GT13E2 machines sold by
ALSTOM to 96 units, six of which are in Australia. It follows a
contract won by ALSTOM for three of the same units in March, to
be supplied to a power plant in Singapore for Keppel Merlimau
Cogen Pte Ltd. The fleet has now accumulated more than
2,300,000 operating hours.

ALSTOMs Australian and New Zealand Country president,
Chris Raine said; We are delighted to have been selected
to supply the Braemar Power Plant. The project reinforces
ALSTOMs significant local presence and experience in the
supply of turnkey plant and, together with our ongoing Power
Service activities underscores our leading position as a
technology and plant supplier to the power generation industry
in Australia. ALSTOM is committed to Australias growing
energy market and expect to participate in future projects
required to meet the increasing demand for electricity
throughout the country.

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Sheldon Young


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