April 1, 2005
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501 / NYSE: HIT) has won six orders for the installation of Flue Gas Desulphurisation Plants ("FGD") in Spain and Portugal. Hitachi's contract is worth approximately 90 Million Euros. This is the first full turnkey FGD order for Hitachi in Western Europe and was won with a consortium partner, Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, S.A.
The contract follows a EU directive, which has set emission value limits for sulphur oxide (SOx), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and dust, and will be applied from 1 January 2008. Utilities are required to take appropriate measures to reduce emissions from new and existing power stations. One such measure is to install a SOx removal system (FGD), and Hitachi's FGD system will remove more than 90% of SOx from emissions.
The six FGDs are for Abono II (Spain/556MW), Soto III (Spain/350MW), and Sines I-IV (Portugal/314MW, 4 Units). Following installation, commercial operations at the power stations will start to be rolled out from August 2007.
The orders are from Spanish electricity company, Hidroelectrica del Cantabrico, S.A. and from Portuguese electricity company, Companhia Portuguesa de Producao de Electricidade, S.A. of the Energias de Portugal (EdP) Group.
These new orders follow a deal with Poland's Kozienice Power Plant FGD (200MW 4 Sets) awarded in June 2004. The FGD will be designed and supplied by Hitachi's subsidiaries, Babcock-Hitachi Europe GmbH and Babcock-Hitachi K.K. (Japan).
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