Alstom Power leverages turnkey projects...

My recent visit to Switzerland gave me a chance to meet with representatives from Alstom Power to discuss current topics in power generation.

Switzerland is the one of the key countries for Alstom and the headquarters for its power generation business. Throughout the offices of this multicultural company, one can hear discussions being carried out in several languages including German, English, French and Spanish -- clearly a multinational company.

Alstom recently decided to reorganize the company by merging into a single entity. All activities related to power generation, currently managed by two sectors, Power Systems (plants, equipments and retrofit ) and Power Service (after-sales, from service to renovation and spare parts) is now called Alstom Power.

In addition to providing turbo generators for nuclear plants in France and China, Alstom Power continues to lead in turnkey projects for coal and gas plants.

I was very impressed with the quality of the people I met, and the strategy and direction of Alstom Power and enjoyed our discussions. The company’s focus on clean carbon generation and turnkey projects will yield benefits to Alstom Power in the long term. Turnkey projects managed well can be a competitive advantage over other OEMs.