GDF Suez Energy North America, a unit of GDF Suez SA
(GSZ.FR), has awarded Alstom SA (ALO.FR) a long-term service contract to give
its power plant fleet new flexibility, for EUR360 million or $480 million.
MAIN FACTS:
- Alstom will provide comprehensive maintenance
services and gas turbine upgrade packages for four GDF Suez natural gas-fired
power stations.
- The plants together use fourteen Alstom GT24 gas
turbines and generate enough electricity to power more than three million homes
in
Texas
and
Massachusetts
.
- Alstom's responsibilities for the
Midlothian
and Hays plants in
Texas
, and
Bellingham
and Blackstone power plants in
Massachusetts
include management and provision of replacement parts, technical field advisors
and gas turbine services for their fourteen power generating units over the
life of the contract.
- The first upgrade installation is scheduled for the
fall of 2014.
-
Alstom will upgrade the turbines with features enabling plant operators to
switch between operating modes based on electricity market demand without
taking the plant offline.