Alstom Grid Turkey awarded first generator step-up transformer for Serbia

Alstom Grid Turkey will manufacture its first generator step-up transformer for the Tent-B Nikola Tesla Power Plant 1 in Serbia. The contract, worth around 3.5 million, was signed with PE EPS Serbia (Public Enterprise- Electric Power Industry of Serbia), 100% owned by the Republic of Serbia. It also covers supervision, spare parts and transportation of the transformer.

The Nikola Tesla Power Plant[1] is by far the largest power plant complex in Serbia. It covers almost half of Serbia's electricity needs by generating around 20 TWh electric per year. Alstoms 725 MVA 410/21 kV step-up transformer will be installed at the exit of the plant to transform the electricity to higher voltage levels and send it through transmission lines to the grid.

Hakan Karadoan, Alstom Grid Turkey Power Transformers Unit Managing Director said: This will be the first transformer produced by Alstom in the Gebze factory to be delivered to Serbia. We are pleased to work with PE-EPS, the largest power generation company of the country, and this contract will hopefully lead the way for possible future collaboration. 

Alstoms oil-immersed, 725 MVA, 410/21 kV generator step-up transformer will be manufactured with a specific mechanical design for the plant according to customer requirements. It will also be equipped with Alstoms transformer monitoring system. The project is scheduled for commissioning in August 2014.

This contract follows the recent order with Thermoelektrarna OTANJ (TES) for a 710 MVA, 400/21 kV generator step-up transformer, delivered in Slovenia.  Alstom Grid Turkey exports 85% of its products all over the world and is Turkeys export champion in the category of Electrical Generation and Distribution Equipment.

[1] The Nikola Tesla Power Plant named in honor of Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.