The French group will lead a consortium that includes Germany’s Voith and Austria’s Andritz to provide 14 611MW Francis turbine-generator sets and six smaller Bulb units. Alstom will supply seven Francis units, hydro-mechanical equipment and associated gas-insulated substations for the 14 units.
It is expected that Belo Monte will take eight years to build. When operating at full capacity, the dam will meet the electricity needs of 35 million people.
Alstom
