Alstom to supply new diesel generators for Chinas
first EPR nuclear power plant

Alstom has won an order to supply eight new
emergency diesel generators (EDGs) to the Taishan nuclear power
plant in Guangdong, China, the countrys first EPR-based
plant.

The contract was signed between a consortium
regrouping Alstom Power Turbomachines, Alstom Wuhan Engineering
& Technology Co. Ltd. and MAN Diesel SAS, and an Areva-led
consortium with the China Nuclear Power Engineering Co, Ltd. and
the owner TSNPC. With a scope of 40 million in the
contract, Alstom, as the leader of the consortium will supply the
design, manufacturing and procurement for 8 x 9.1 MW EDGs, and
provide the on-site support service. These EDGs, the highest
unit-output models for similar applications in the world, will be
due for commissioning in 2013.

The Taishan project is part of Chinas
plan to increase its total installed nuclear power generating
capacity from about 1.2% to 5% by 2020. China is planning to
dramatically increase its installed nuclear power capacity by
2020, implying the construction of 30 or more new nuclear units,
in which the Taishan plant will play a major role.

Alstoms commitment to the project dates
back to February 2008, with the supply of two 1,750 MW
Arabelle turbine-generator packages for the Taishan plant.
This was followed in July 2008 by a 200 million contract
with CGNPC for the engineering and procurement of the complete
turbine island.

This contract marks a new step in
Alstoms commitment to the Taishan project and the
development of Chinas nuclear power generation
declares Guy Chardon, Senior Vice-President, Alstom Power Thermal
Products. As the leading provider to power generation in
China, we intend to devote our full range of technologies and
know-how..

The Alstom / MAN (Pielstick) consortium has
been the worlds first supplier in integrated EDG packages
for nuclear reactors for the last 10 years, and 40 % of nuclear
plants worldwide now use their equipment. Analysts have predicted
that Chinas nuclear power equipment market may grow to the
scale of RMB 400 billion (40.7 billion) by 2020.The
Taishan EDG contract is the second biggest contract, according to
contract value, awarded to Alstom-Man in China after the
Hongyanhe project in 2007.