Two contracts worth € 36 million have been awarded to Alstom Hydro for the upgrading and refurbishment of power plants in Latvia and Sweden.
The first contact is for the refurbishment, supervision of erection and commissioning of two turbines and three generators of at the 850 MW Plavinas hydro power plant on the Daugava river about 100 kms east of Riga in Latvia, owned by Latvenergo, the state-owned power utility.
The scope of supply covers new Francis runners, governors, stators with new winding, excitation systems, control and protection systems. The first unit is scheduled for delivery in March 2008 and the last in 2010. The work will increase the output of the turbines and generators from 85 MW to 90 MW and from 97 to 105 MVA respectively.
The second contract is from Vattenfall Indalsälven for the refurbishment of generator unit G2 in Näverede Hydro Power station, Sweden. The work includes equipping the unit with new stator, rotor, brushless excitation system and closed cooling system, similar to the scope of unit G1 in the same station, which was successfully refurbished in 2003. The unit is to be completed by December 2009.
