Alstom SA (ALO.FR) Wednesday said that it was awarded
a contract worth around 100 million euros ($132.14 million) by Norway's
Statkraft AS, Europe's largest producer of renewable energy to supply six
Francis turbine-generator units and auxiliaries to its subsidiary in Albania,
Devoll Hydropower Sh.A (DHP), a project company in charge of the construction
of new hydropower plants on the Devoll river, in southern Albania.
MAIN FACTS:
- The scope of the contract, which has been booked in
the first quarter of the fiscal year 2013/2014, also includes two high voltage
substations of 220 kV and 110 kV in addition to hydraulic steelworks such as gates,
penstock, stoplogs and trash-racks. Most of the equipment will be manufactured
in Alstom's factories in
Spain
and
Turkey
.
-
Albania
relies on hydropower for about 90% of its electricity production.
- The Devoll hydropower project is currently the first
large scale public-private-partnership investment in the country and one of the
largest hydropower investments in the Balkans.
- With
a total capacity of 243 MW, the Devoll river project will generate
approximately 700 GWh of renewable, environmentally-friendly energy each year
and increase the current electricity production in
Albania
by
approximately 17%. It will supply more than 300,000 Albanian households.