ALSTOM wins 130 million euro contract for turnkey power plant project in Australia

ALSTOM has won a 130 million contract from independent power producer
Braemar Power Project Pty Ltd, for the supply of a turnkey 450 MW
open-cycle gas-fired power plant at Braemar, in Queensland,  Australia.

ALSTOM will design, supply, install and commission the entire power plant, consisting of 3 x ALSTOM 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.

Construction of the all three units is due to begin at the end of May with commercial operation expected in July 2006. When complete, the plant will help meet the ever increasing electricity demands of the state of Queensland.

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 two 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.

Philippe Joubert, President of ALSTOMs Power Turbo Systems and Power Environment Sectors, said: This project adds to our growing fleet of gas turbine power plants in Australia and underscores our leading position as a technology and plant supplier to the power generation industry.

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