- Edited By Tom Lamar -
French multinational conglomerate Alstom has signed a contract worth $135 million with Chinese industrial group Dong Fang Electric Limited (DECL) Monday, according to information published on the former's website.
Terms of the agreement stipulate that the French side supply equipment and services for six 1000MW steam turbine-generator packages for three Chinese nuclear power plants in Fujian and Jiangsu provinces.
The power plants to receive the services are: Ningde Phase II (units 3 and 4), Fuqing Phase II (units 3 and 4) and Tianwan Phase III (units 5 and 6).
The Alstom model selected for the three projects is based on the first unit of Ling Ao Phase II (Ling Ao 3), which was delivered by Alstom and went into commercial production on September 20, 2010, after a remarkably short commissioning and start-up time.
The turbine-generator package includes the GIGATOP 4 pole turbo generator, moisture separator reheater (MSR), the condenser, the low pressure heater and ARABELLE, and a half-speed steam turbine, all designed by Alstom and supplied in partnership with DECL.
Alstom had already provided turbine-generator packages to the Chinese power plants Ling Ao 3, Hongyanhe 1-4, Ningde 1&2, Fuqing Phase 1&2 and Fangjiashan 1&2 as well as Taishan, China's first Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR).
In China, Alstom has been Dong Fang's industrial partner since the construction of Daya Bay, China's first large nuclear power plant 20 years ago.