Alstom group bags Rs 330 crore orders

New Delhi, Sep 20 (UNI) Alstom group has won orders worth Rs 330 crore from National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC), Tata Power, NALCO and GEA Energy Systems (India), for equipment supplies, renovation and modernisation work on four power plants in India.

The contract from NTPC is worth Rs 114 crore and has been awarded to a consortium of Alstom -- NTPC- Alstom Services Ltd (NASL) for executing the renovation and modernisation programme for the 4 x 110 MW Boilers at Tanda, Uttar Pradesh, Alstom Projects India today said.

The NALCO project is worth Rs 81 crore for supplying pollution control equipment for its smelter project at Angul, Orissa. The order relates to turnkey supply, erection, commissioning and testing of Gas Treatment Centres for the Smelter Phase II expansion project.

Tata Power has placed a Rs 105 crore contract with Alstom for supply of two units of 2 x 230 Tons Per Hour (TPH) blast furnace gas fired boilers to be installed at Tata Steel at Jamshedpur. These are the largest blast furnace gas fired boilers to be built in the country by the company.

The company has erected seven boilers for Tata Steel in the past as well as a desalination plant for Tata Power.

The Rs 30 crore contract from GEA Energy Systems (India) Ltd envisages the design, engineering, supply and erection and commissioning of Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) for the Valathur Phase II expansion scheme for Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB).

The State Electricity board is adding another 92.20 MW capacity to the power plant in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu to meet the growing energy demand Of these projects, Alstom will execute works worth Rs 270 crore.

It will supply Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) for Tallawara project in Australia. It is presently building a combined cycle power plant and will deliver advanced class Gas Turbine (GT26).

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