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2008 | Dunamenti and Alstom to improve Hungarian power generation capacity
Dunamenti Power Plant, owned by GDF-Suez, has signed a 24 million euro contract with Alstom for the upgrade of turbo group no 8 and its auxiliaries at the Dunamenti power plant in Hungary.
The contract forms an essential part of a 200 million euro investment programme aimed at increasing the capacity of Unit F8 of the power plant from 215 MW to above 400 MW and, more importantly, carry out a 20% increase in efficiency from 36% to 57%. Under the terms of this contract – constituting an important part of the total investment - Alstom Power Service Hungary will upgrade the complete steam turbine island and the associated balance of plant.
“We have chosen Alstom because of their long term local presence and experience with our turbo generators combined with global know-how and experience in power plant upgrade,” said Péter Csiba, managing director of Dunamenti Power Plant. “Our goal is to continuously satisfy the increasing demand for energy in the country. With this investment we are on the right track.”
This is the biggest contract ever signed by Alstom Power Service in Hungary. Most activities will be carried out locally and some services and components will be delivered by other Alstom units in the region e.g. factories in Berlin, Germany, Elblag, Poland and Bucharest, Romania.
“Almost half of installed power generation capacity in Hungary is more than 30 years old and most of them need a “facelift” to increase their efficiency, extend their lifetime and reduce their impact on the environment. Alstom is in a position to provide the solutions and technology for these ageing power plants,” said Mr. Vilmos Wolff, managing director of Alstom Power Service Hungary.
Source : Communiqué ALSTOM
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