News Articles 2009

 2009 

January - March


Alstom maintained a strong commercial activity in the first nine months of 2008/09 (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/54587.EN.php?langu…)


Alstom to supply Melbourne with 20 additional X'Trapolis suburban trains (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/56480.EN.php?langu…)

Alstom Transport has been awarded a contract worth 170 million euros to supply the State of Victoria, southeast Australia, with 20 additional XTrapolis suburban trains for the City of Melbournes metropolitan network.


New Zealand Power Industry Recognises Alstom as Key Local Player (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/56555.EN.php?langu…)

Alstom participated in the National Power New Zealand Conference, a three day show bringing together the nation's most senior players in the industry. Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee gave the key note speech outlining the government's position on New Zealand's Renewable Energy Target of 90% by 2030, the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme and issues surrounding security of supply.


Australia's Cleanest Fossil Fuel Power Station (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/57078.EN.php?langu…)

In march 2009, Alstom announced the successful completion of the design, supply, construction and commissioning of Australiaá cleanest and most efficient power station.


Alstom merges its power generation activities into a single Sector, Alstom Power (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/57140.EN.php?langu…)

Patrick Kron, Chairman & CEO of Alstom, has decided to reorganise the company by merging into a single entity all the activities related to power generation, currently managed by two Sectors, Power Systems (plants, equipments and retrofit ) and Power Service (after-sales, from service to renovation and spare parts)




April - June

Australian Government launches Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/57651.EN.php?langu…)

The organisation and member partners to the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute was today launched in Canberra, Australia by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.



Key contract with leading Japanese utility confirms success of Alstoms wind technology in Japan (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/58505.EN.php?langu…)

Alstom has been appointed by The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) as the exclusive supplier for the new Higashi Izu wind farm in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, representing Alstoms first contract in the Japanese wind power market since acquiring Ecotècnia* in October 2007. This adds to the four wind farms using Alstoms technology already in operation in Japan.



Alstom enters the ocean energy market, reinforcing its renewable energy portfolio (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/58554.EN.php?langu…)

Alstom Hydro* has signed a licencing cooperation agreement with Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated, a private Canadian company specialised in the design and testing of tidal energy technology.


World Business Summit on Climate Change (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/58555.EN.php?langu…)

At the World Business Summit on Climate Change from May 24th to 26th, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, global business leaders are taking part in an interactive debate on Shaping the new green economy. With one objective: listing solutions and needs to turn climate change challenges into opportunities.


Business leaders and energy experts call for government action to decarbonise power generation (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/58604.EN.php?langu…)


With the World Business Summit concluding on the 26th, Alstom, together with Duke Energy and Vattenfall co-hosted a round table on 24th May to discuss how the power generation industry, responsible for 40% of CO2 emissions, can be de-carbonized to tackle climate change.


Alstom in strategic partnership to pioneer CO2 capture on fossil fuel power plants (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/58951.EN.php?langu…)

With the World Business Summit concluding on the 26th, Alstom, together with Duke Energy and Vattenfall co-hosted a round table on 24th May to discuss how the power generation industry, responsible for 40% of CO2 emissions, can be de-carbonized to tackle climate change.




July - September



Alstom and Schneider Electric are considering making a joint bid for Areva T&D (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/59875.EN.php?langu…)

Schneider Electric and Alstom are considering making a joint offer to acquire Areva Transmission and Distribution (T&D), recently put up for sale by its parent company.



Alstom's Australian headquarters "go the extra mile" at World's Largest Fun Run (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/60078.EN.php?langu…)

At 9am on Sunday 9 August on a stunning winter morning in Sydney, 84 Alstom employees and family members stood alongside 75,000 people in the centre of Sydney, Australia.



Alstom's New Workshop to Service The Latrobe's Power and Mining Industries (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/60078.EN.php?langu…)

On 20 August, Alstom officially opened its Morwell Workshop, located in the heart of Victorias power industry, the Latrobe Valley. The new Morwell facility expands Alstoms Australian network of workshops in Maitland (NSW) and Moonah (TAS).


The first trainset of a AUD 455 million order for Alstom to Melbourne trains will power Victorias transport system (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/60234.EN.php?langu…)

After a 9,000-kilometre and one-month journey, the first trainset that reached Melbourne from the harbor of Vado Ligure in Italy, one month ahead of schedule. The trainset was due in Melbourne around 27 August.




October - December


Alstom and Energias de Portugal Renovaveis inaugurate the first wind farm to be equipped with the ecotècnia 100, the worlds most powerful onshore wind turbine (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/60920.EN.php?langu…)

02 October 2009. Alstom Power and Energias de Portugal Renovaveis (EDPR) have started up the worlds first wind farm to use the ecotècnia 100 wind turbine, designed and installed by Alstom Power on behalf of EDPR.



Pilot Project Captures 90% of CO2 (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/61042.EN.php?langu…)

We Energies, Alstom and The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced today that a pilot project testing an advanced chilled ammonia process has demonstrated more than 90 percent capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue stream of at a coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin.



13th Queensland Power and Gas 2009 (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/61355.EN.php?langu…)

26 October 2009. Chris Raine, Country President of Alstom in Australia and New Zealand gave a key note speech on 'Clean Power' at the Queensland Power & Gas Conference in Brisbane. The speech outlined Alstom's approach to decarbonising power generation through the use of a balanced portfolio of power generation technologies, improving production efficiency, and carbon capture and storage.



Alstom recorded a sound operational performance in the difficult economic environment of the first half 2009/10 (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/61558.EN.php?langu…)

Between 1 April 2009 and 30 September 2009, Alstom registered order intake of AUD 11.6 billion, down from the record level of the first six months of the previous year. Over the same period, sales (AUD 15.8 billion) and income from operations (AUD 1.35 billion) continued to grow, up respectively by 8% and 19%. The operating margin reached 8.6% as compared to 7.8% last year. The net result amounted to AUD 916 million (+7%), whilst the free cash flow decreased to AUD 125 million due to the sharp drop in orders received.


Alstom and Schlumberger seal a joint agreement to develop carbon capture & storage readiness studies for power plants (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/61666.EN.php?langu…)

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.


AEP and Alstom Commission First of Its Kind Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Project (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/61759.EN.php?langu…)

Federal and state government officials today joined executives from American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) and Alstom at AEPs Mountaineer Plant to formally commission the worlds first project to both capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) from a coal-fired power plant. The officials hailed the project as a significant milestone in the effort to reduce CO2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels.


Alstom becomes a partner of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Mankind (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/62019.EN.php?langu…)

Patrick Kron, Alstom Chairman and CEO, and Nicolas Hulot, Chairman of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Mankind have signed a partnership convention between Alstom and the Nicolas Hulot Foundation.



Come and meet Alstom at AusRAIL PLUS 2009 (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/62062.EN.php?langu…)

Alstom will be exhibiting at AusRAIL PLUS this year at the Adelaide convention centre, at stand 216. We will also be speaking at the CEO Forum.



Alstom's Growing Australian Presence Presented at Australia's Largest Transport Trade Show (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/62114.EN.php?langu…)

AusRAIL Plus is Australia's leading transport conference, taking place every two years in different cities across the nation. This year's event, in Adelaide, welcomed around 1000 people to the conference and thousands more to the exhibition.



Schneider Electric and Alstom are pleased to enter into exclusive negotiations with Areva for the acquisition of Areva T&D (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/62338.EN.php?langu…)

The Areva Supervisory Board of 30 November 2009 has announced its decision to enter into exclusive negotiations with Alstom and Schneider Electric for the acquisition of the activities of its transmission and distribution business, Areva T&D.



Alstom Wins Engineers Australia Awards (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/62446.EN.php?langu…)

Alstom and Hydro Tasmania have won a major Australian Engineering Excellence Award beating 53 other projects.



Alstom completes 667 MW Colongra power station in time to meet increasing energy demand in NSW (http://www.au.alstom.com/home/newsroom/press_archive/62715.EN.php?langu…)


The Hon. John Robertson, New South Wales Minister for Energy, today officially opened the Alstom-constructed Colongra power station at Munmorah, 120 km north of Sydney, on behalf of Delta Electricity.
The project was delivered on time and within budget by Alstom, which employs 600 people in Australia. At the peak of the construction phase, the project employed over 350 people, with over 1,000 jobs created in total during the construction period.