Alstom has been awarded three contracts at hydroelectric power sites operated by Canadian utilities Hydro-Québec and Manitoba Hydro, the cotract value totalling approximately € 40 million.
For the first two projects, the company will supply new runners for units C-1 and C-3 at the Beauharnois Generating Station. The third project is for the Pointe du Bois Spillway Replacement Project.
Alstom’s manufacturing facility in Sorel-Tracy will design,produce and deliver one new 47 MW Francis turbine runner for unit C-1 of Hydro-Québec’s Beauharnois Generating Station. Hydro-Québec has also exercised the option for five additional upgraded propeller runners including part refurbishment for unit C-3, which falls within the framework of an original contract the Quebec utility awarded Alstom in 2010. The individual retrofit projects will increase electricity output by replacing old runners with new, more efficient designs that produce more electricity. The scheduled delivery date for unit C-1 is November 2013 and the first runner for unit C-3 under the option taken up by Hydro-Québec is expected to be delivered in 2014.
The historic Beauharnois Generating Station is located in Melocheville, Quebec, approximately 40 km southwest of Montreal. The station has been in operation since 1932 and is one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world with 38 generating units stretching for nearly a kilometer and an installed capacity of over 1900 MW.
The Pointe du Bois Spillway Replacement Project for Manitoba Hydro is located next to the Pointe du Bois generating station on the Winnipeg River. Under the terms of this contract, Alstom is responsible for the design and supply of new gates and hoists for the new spillway facilities. Commissioning of the primary and secondary spillway is scheduled for November 2014 and April 2016, respectively.
Alstom is a leading hydropower equipment and service provider in Canada and has installed or retrofitted approximately 50% of the existing hydropower capacity in the province of Quebec. Other recent hydropower projects carried out by Alstom in the country include the supply of new runners and components for Centrale Robert-Bourassa, as well as new turbine generator units for the La Romaine 2 and Lower Mattagami hydropower projects (2 x 320 MW and 3 units for a total of 267 MW, respectively).
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