South Africa's Eskom Awards Deals to Hitachi, Alstom
In a key step toward the construction of Eskom’s first new coal-fired power plant, the power utility has awarded contracts for the construction of the boiler and turbine of the Medupi power plant in Lephalale to Hitachi of Japan and France’s Alstom, respectively. According to Business Day, the contracts, with a combined value of R33.5 billion—20.2 billion for the boiler and R13.2 billion for the turbine—are the largest in Eskom’s history. Eskom said work on the projects had started, with work on site to start in early 2009. And Eskom is already negotiating with Alstom and Hitachi to provide turbines and boilers for its next coal-fired power station, near Emalahleni.
(Content from December 2007 Coal Age.)