Alstom (Paris:ALO), in consortium with the Spanish utility Iberdrola, has just signed a contract with the state-owned utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to modernise the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant located in the state of Veracruz, in Mexico. The total order value is estimated at approximately 470 million euros, of which Alstom’s share is around 150 million euros.Alstom’s scope of supply is for the full retrofit of two steam turbines, each with one high pressure and two low pressure cylinders, and the supply of new generators. Consortium leader Iberinco, the engineering and construction business of the Iberdrola Group, will supply the balance of plant.
