Operation & Maintenance of Power Plants
Maintenance and operations key to efficient energy production
La necesidad de centrales de energía para ser fiable, flexible y eficiente, está impulsando la demanda para el mantenimiento y los servicios de operaciones y las tecnologías.
Kraftwerke müssen zuverlässig, flexibel und effizient sein. Dadurch entsteht eine große Nachfrage nach Wartungs- und Instandhaltungsdiensten und -technologien.
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The need for power plants to be reliable, flexible and efficient is driving demand for maintenance and operations services and technologies.
DF SUEZ Energy North America has awarded Alstom a long-term service contract to give its power plant fleet new flexibility. Under the terms of this €360 million
contract, Alstom will provide comprehensive maintenance services and gas turbine upgrade packages for four GDF SUEZ natural gas-fired power stations. Te plants together use 14 Alstom GT24 gas turbines and generate enough electricity to power more than three million homes in Texas and Massachusetts. “Reliability, flexibility, and efficiency drive
performance in our generation business,” said Herman Schopman, president and ceo of GDF SUEZ Energy Generation. “Tis service contract underscores the importance we place on those attributes, and we are pleased to partner with Alstom to continue working on them for the long term.”
Alstom’s responsibilities for the Midlothian and Hays plants in Texas, and Bellingham and Blackstone power plants in Massachusetts, include management and provision of replacement parts, technical field advisors and gas turbine services for their 14 power generating units over the life of the contract. Te first upgrade installation is scheduled for the end of 2014.
Maximising power output Alstom will upgrade the turbines with features enabling plant operators to switch between operating modes based on electricity market demand without taking the plant offline. Te first operating mode included in this upgrade package maximises power output during periods of peak demand while the second lowers the cost of running and maintaining the gas turbines by increasing the time between service inspections.
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