Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €1 billion (around Rs.6,500 crore) by RWE npower plc for the design and construction of a full turnkey, gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The 2,000-mw plant will be the biggest and one of the most efficient in its class in the UK. The plant will supply power to around three million homes.
The new plant will be built on the site of the previous oil-fired power station. It will include five Alstom GT26 turbines and accompanying core components* supplied by Alstom.
Approximately 40 per cent of the UK energy fleet was built before 1975 and will need replacement in the short to medium term. The Pembroke power plant is part of RWE npower’s plan to renew its power generation fleet with new, more efficient and more environmentally friendly power plants.
This project is the second one that Alstom has signed with RWE npower in the UK, following the contract won in 2007 for the gas-fired 1,650 MW Staythorpe power plant, currently under construction in Nottinghamshire. In addition to the Staythorpe power plant, Alstom is also building in the UK the Centrica’s Langage and E.On’s Grain power plants. Including the Pembroke plant, these four power plants will add close to 6 GW of new electrical power to the UK grid.
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