Alstom China to provide generators to Vietnam

TIANJIN - Alstom China and its partner Huangdong Engineering Corporation will provide generators to a Vietnamese hydropower station in a deal worth 20 million euros ($26.7 million), Alstom announced on Thursday.

According to the contract, Alstom - a Fortune Global 500 company - will provide two 77-megawatt generating units and supplemental equipment to Dong Nai 5 hydropower station in southern Vietnam. Vinacomin Power Holding Corporation operates the station.

All the units and equipment will be sourced from Alstom's production base in north China's Tianjin Municipality.

The generators are expected to be put into service in August 2015.

Dong Nai 5 hydropower station is located on Dong Nai river. With a total installed capacity of 154 magewatts, it will generate 616 million kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity to the country every year.