Alstom, in consortium with the Spanish utility Iberdrola, has signed a contract with the state-owned utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to modernise the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant located in the state of Veracruz, in Mexico.
Alstom’s scope of supply is for the full retrofit of two steam turbines, each with one high pressure and two low pressure cylinders, and the supply of new generators. Consortium leader Iberinco, the engineering and construction business of the Iberdrola Group, will supply the balance of plant.
The project will increase the current installed capacity of the country’s only nuclear plant by 20%, from 1,350 MW to 1,634 MW. Work began on 2 March and is scheduled for completion by 2010.
The total order value is estimated at approximately €470 million, with Alstom’s share at around €150 million.
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