Alstom and E.ON Benelux have agreed on a contract to
provide steam turbine for a power plant in the Netherlands

Like the existing Maasvlakte power plant, the
new unit will be able to co-fire biomass and is being designed
for subsequent retrofitting with carbon capture technology.
Strategically located near the North Sea and the Rotterdam
harbour area, the new power plant can maximally profit from
seawater for cooling and deep waterways for supply of coal and
biomass.

Alstom will provide a 1110 MW steam turbine
generator package* and will carry out transport to the site, full
erection, commissioning and trial runs. This technology will
contribute to a net efficiency of 46%, compared with a European
average of 36%, thus improving the environmental performance
significantly.

"This new generation of steam turbine
generator technology, resulting in high plant efficiency, is key
to significantly reducing CO2 emissions in coal-fired power
plants while considerably improving power plant economics,"
commented Guy Chardon, Senior Vice President, Alstom Power
Thermal Products.

In this project we combine
state-of-the-art technology, says Aris Blankenspoor,
general project manager of E.ONs Maasvlakte Power Plant 3
project. New boiler technology, with super critical steam
parameters of 285 bar and 620°C, is key to an efficiency
improvement of about 20% per Kilowatt. We need less coal for the
same amount of energy. Our flue gas treatment results in the
lowest possible specific emissions e.g. for dust, SO2, CO2 and
NOx. Thus realising a coal-fired power plant with emissions,
comparable with gas-fired units.

The new Maasvlakte power plant is scheduled to
start commercial operation from 2013.

*The package includes 1 STF 100 steam turbine
with heat extraction, GIGATOP generator and condenser, and 1 x
boiler-feed-pump-turbine (BFPT 245) + condenser.

About E.ON Benelux

E.ON Benelux was established in 1941 and since 2000 has been
part of E.ON Energie AG. E.ON Beneluxs power stations with
a total capacity of 1,850 MW are located in the province of South
Holland,the economic heart of the Netherlands. The company has
some 700 personnel. E.ON Benelux is based in Rotterdam.

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Press Contact
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Tel + 31 10 289 57 11