Alstom unit wins Rs 950-cr contract for Gujarat plant

AHMEDABAD: Alstom Projects India (APIL), a subsidiary of power equipment supplier Alstom SA France, has won a Rs 950-crore contract for building a 370MW combined cycle power plant in Gujarat’s Surat district. Alstom bagged the contract from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) and is expected to commission the plant by August 2009.

This power plant will be an extension to the company’s existing combined cycle power plant in Utran, Surat district. As per the contract with GSECL, Alstom will provide all engineering, procurement and construction services to set up a power plant.

According to APIL’s managing director and vice-chairman Frederic Lalanne, “With a lot of gas trapped underneath this western Indian state and also in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, we are in talks with lot of corporates who want our technology to set up captive gas-based power plants. We are not eyeing short-term projects, but in due course, we could strike deals with private players for captive power plants.”