Alstom secures €100m hydro power plant projects in Turkey

Alstom, a French power generation company, has secured three hydro power equipment supply contracts of worth €100m in Turkey.

The three projects include 292MW Alpaslan II in Mus city, 636MW Upper Kaleköy project near Bingöl city and 72MW Tepekisla hydro power plant near the city of Tokat.

Alstom will supply and deploy two 115MW and two 31MW vertical Francis turbines, main inlet valves, generators, generator step-up transformers, switchyard equipment and control system at the Alpaslan II project, which is owned by ENERJISA, a joint venture entity of SABANCI and EON.

Alstom will supply one 30.6MW Vertical Francis turbine, generator, and the full electrical balance of plant including 380kV switchyard equipment, generator step-up transformers, control system and the related electrical equipment for the Upper Kaleköy project.

The Upper Kaleköy project is owned by joint-venture between CENGIZ and ÖZALTIN.

For Tepekisla, Alstom will deliver two 35MW horizontal Kaplan turbines type SAM, main inlet valves, generators and a 4MW ecological horizontal Francis generating sets.

Alstom Turkey country president Adil Tekin said that the company has been involved in energy infrastructure industry of Turkey since 1950s by providing services to major projects.

"These contracts show their trust to Alstom’s deep knowledge, experience and work quality. We are very proud to work with them again," added Tekin.

With around 3,500 GWh/year, these three projects will have a significant contribution to Turkish renewable energy production, in total generating about 242,000 GWh/year for the country, the company said.