In Saudi Arabia, an Alstom-Cerrey SA de CV consortium has been awarded a contract to supply boilers and air quality control equipment for the Ras Tanura Integrated project .

The deal has been awarded by Fluor Transworld Services, responsible for building the petrochemical complex for Sadara Chemical, a joint venture between Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco.

The Dow-Aramco petrochemical complex, which is said to be the world’s largest, will comprise 30 world-scale production plants.

Alstom’s consortium partner, Cerrey SA de CV is responsible for the design, fabrication and delivery of 6x80 MW oil and gas-fired boilers and Alstom for the AQCS system, consisting of a Selective Catalyst Reducer and Alstom’s patented NID flue gas desulfurization system for each boiler.

The AQCS system will reduce sulfur emissions by 95 percent, nitrous oxide emissions by close to 90 percent and almost completely eliminate particulate material emissions.

Cerrey SA de CV is owned 25 percent by Alstom and the VU-60 type boilers being supplied for this project, are licensed from Alstom.

NID is Alstom’s patented Dry Flue Gas Desulfurization (DFGD) system, which has gained a lot of momentum recently because it offers lower capital and operation costs when compared to some other FGD systems.

Alstom has installed more than 8 GW of this technology in the power generation industry with significant installations in the Waste to Energy and Iron and Steel industries.

The other contracts are for power plants in Taiwan and the US.

Alstom is a leading supplier of Air Quality Control Systems (AQCS).

Increasingly stringent environmental regulations worldwide are fueling the growth of the AQCS market globally, according to Alstom.

This trend is set to continue due to the large number of installed coal-fired power plants in North America and Europe, and the massive scale of new fossil-fired power plant development in Asian countries, in response to high demand in these fast growing economies.

Alstom has developed a leadership position in supplying AQCS worldwide for power and industrial applications, proposing the most efficient and cost-effective solutions.