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3 November 2003 - Alstom has been awarded an order for approximately €5m by Scottish Power, to refurbish two hydro power stations, Carsfad and Earlstoun, located in South West Scotland. Alstom's Rugby based Hydro Power Unit is responsible for the management of this refurbishment project.
Both Carsfad and Earlstoun are part of the Galloway Scheme that involved the construction of five hydro power stations between 1930 and 1936, all powered by water from the same catchment area in Galloway. The Carsfad and Earlstoun power stations, both built in 1936, have a current capacity 12 MW and 13 MW respectively.
The scope of supply includes new runners and guide vanes, regulating gear, spiral casings, draft tubes, stop logs and station cranes. The new runner will be designed, and manufactured in Alstom's facility in Grenoble, France.
In addition to renewing the runners and guide vanes to extend the life of the stations, the objective of the refurbishment is to qualify the refurbished stations for Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROC's).
Paul Lane, Managing Director of Alstom's Hydro Unit in the UK comments: "The Hydro Systems business in Rugby has now successfully refurbished several hydro stations in the UK, which arose as a result of the UK Government's renewable energy initiative. This latest contract with Scottish Power is a continuation of that incentive to generate electric power from 'green' energy".
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