Regulatory Filings • Jan 13, 2015
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13 January 2015
Alstom has been awarded two contracts worth over €220 million1 in total for the supply and the maintenance of the power island of the 950 MW Kirikkale combined-cycle power plant located in the central Anatolia region in Turkey. The plant is expected to be commissioned in May 2017.
Kirikkale Independent Power Project (KIPP) is developed by Acwa Güç Elektrik Işletme ve Yönetim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. ("ACWA Guc"), a subsidiary of ACWA Power and which includes Samsung C&T Corporation as a shareholder. KIPP is a greenfield project located within the municipality of Kiliclar in the Yahsihan District of the province of Kırıkkale, 15 kilometers from Kirikkale City Centre and 50 kilometers east of Ankara. The project will be operating on a merchant basis selling the dependable power capacity and electricity dispatched via bilateral contracts and in the balancing/day-ahead market.
Alstom will supply the main power train equipment components including two GT26 gas turbines, two heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), one steam turbine and three turbogenerators to Samsung Construction and Trading (SCT), responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) on a turnkey basis. Alstom will also provide installation and commissioning field advisory services to SCT during the construction phase and ensure long term maintenance services for up to 20 years after commissioning.
Steve Meszaros, Alstom's Senior Vice President of the Gas Business said "We are proud to bring our deep knowledge and expertise to this project. With its operating flexibility and high efficiency, the GT26 gas turbine will play a critical role in generating maximum project returns for our customer".
Alstom started its activities in Turkey in the 1950s. References, spanning a wide range of fuels, include the 320 MW Can lignite-fired power plant, the Afsin Elbistan A 1,340 MW coal-fired power plant and the 1,120 MW Hamitabat combined cycle power plants. Alstom supplied key equipment for more than 25% of Turkey's installed power generation capacity, including the Atatürk dam, which is the biggest hydro power plant in the country, and
1 Contracts booked during the third quarter of the fiscal year 2014/2015
approximately 50 % of the installed transmission products of TEIAS. Alstom is today a social and economic contributor, with approximately 1,000 employees working for Energy activities in Turkey.
ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of plants across 9 countries, with a capacity to generate 15,381MW of power and produce 2.4 million m3/day of desalinated water, which has an investment value in excess of USD 22 billion.
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 92,000 people in around 100 countries. It had sales of €20 billion and booked close to €22 billion in orders in 2013/14.
Virginie Hourdin-Brémond - Tel. +33 1 41 49 21 36 [email protected]
Christopher English (Thermal Power) – Tel. +33 1 41 49 26 85 [email protected]
Sengul Findik-Gunes (Turkey) – Tel: +90 530 977 67 02 [email protected]
Delphine Brault, Anouch Mkhitarian - Tel. +33 1 41 49 26 42/25 13 [email protected], a[email protected]
Website www.alstom.com
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