Germany, Hannover: Alstom will present two first high-voltage applications using g3 (green gas for grid), a gas mixture that can replace SF6 for high voltage air-insulated or gas-insulated switchgear, at the 2015 Hanover Messe.
India, Delhi: Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €9 million ($9.7 million) from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to provide receiving and auxiliary main substations for the Kochi metro.
USA, California: Global Industry Analysts has released a comprehensive global report on power transformers “Power Transformers: A Global Strategic Business Report”.
France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom Grid Turkey has successfully delivered the generator transformer designed and manufactured for the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (PE EPS) to be installed at Nikola Tesla Power plant Tent-B.
India, New Delhi: Alstom T&D India has won a $ 40 million contract with Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd. (MSETCL) for the construction of 400/220 kV grid substations at Kudus, Alkud, and Kondhwa in Maharashtra, reports RTT news.
United Kingdom, Staffordshire: Alstom employees at Alstom have built 32 giant transformers and are celebrating after sending the first of those transformers from Stafford to India.
France, Lavellois-Perret: Construction of the 900 MW DolWin gamma offshore converter platform has started at the Nordic Yards shipyard in Warnemünde, Northern Germany.
France, Levallois-Perret: Votalia Energia do Brasil has awarded Alstom a $17.8 million contract to provide electrical balance of plant systems at two wind farms in north-east Brazil totalling 201 MW.
France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom has been awarded a contract of approximately €35 million by the Greek Transmission Utility Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) for the turnkey supply of four gas-insulated substations (GIS) in Greece.
France, Levallois-Perret: UK-based consortium of Alstom and Petrofac has been named the supplier for the electrical systems at RWE Innogy 340 MW Galloper offshore wind farm.
Israel: Megalim Solar Power (a JV of Alstom and BrightSource) and has been awarded a loan to construct the Ashalim Thermal Solar Power Station in Israel-the country’s first solar power plant.
France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom Grid has successfully energised the second HVDC turnkey project in South Korea, following the first in 1997. The project awarded in 2009 establishes a 400 MW HVDC bi-directional transmission line between Jindo and the island of Jeju.
France, Levallois-Perret: The GE and Alstom CEOs have visited Belfort, a main turbine manufacturing centre of Alstom, to celebrate the $ 16.9 billion deal.
Japan, Tokyo: Toshiba has abandoned the idea of trying to get a piece of Alstom from General Electric (GE), chosen by Alstom as a partner for its energy industry.
France, Levallois-Perret: Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) raised their offer for Alstom’s energy businesses to compete with a revised bid by U.S. rival General Electric.
France, Levallois-Perret: Yesterday Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) presented a joint offer to Alstom which included $ 9.5 billion in cash, challenging a bid by General Electric.