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Alstom enters Canadian wind market

Alstom and NaturEner Energy Canada Inc. (‘NaturEner’) have entered into an agreement for the supply of up to 414 MW of wind turbines to be installed at NaturEner’s Wild Rose Projects in Alberta. The agreement includes 138 ECO 110 3.0 MW wind turbines, and 10 years of maintenance services.

This landmark agreement marks Alstom’s successful entry into the Canadian wind market. Each high-yield Alstom ECO 110 wind turbine is classified II-A and IS Class with a rotor diameter of 110 metres, ideally suited to maximising power output from intermediate wind speeds averaging 8.5 m/s. Alstom will assemble the turbine nacelles in its factories located in Amarillo, Texas, and in Buñuel, Spain, and will source other components globally.

The Wild Rose 1 and Wild Rose 2 wind farms will be located on private agricultural land in Cypress County, south-east of the city of Medicine Hat in the province of Alberta. Scheduled to enter commercial operations at the end of 2014 and end of 2015, Wild Rose 1 and 2 will be the largest wind farm in Canada on a combined basis, with a total installed generation capacity of approximately 414 MW. Visit: www.alstom.com

Malaysia Airlines orders up to 36 ATR 72-600s

ATR and the flag carrier Malaysia Airlines have signed a purchase agreement for 20 firm ATR 72-600s, plus options for 16 additional aircraft. The deal is valued at over US$ 840 million, including options. The signature of this new contract follows a Memorandum of Understanding announced by the airline in December 2012. With the signature, Malaysia Airlines brings to 42 the total of firm ATR 72s purchased since the initial purchase agreement in 2007.

The introduction of these aircraft, which are the first ATR -600s to be selected for the growing Malaysian and regional market, will reinforce Firefly’s and MASwings position on community markets and business routes and confirms Malaysia Airlines as a major operator of ATRs in Asia. Deliveries will start by mid 2013.

The arrival of these new ATR72-600s will enable Malaysia Airlines to further expand its regional offer, adding new routes and frequencies to its global network. The new ATR 72-600 delivers the latest innovations in terms of passenger comfort, with the award-winning Armonia cabin designed by Giugiaro and equipped with new slim line seats, larger overhead bins and appealing LED lighting. Visit: www.atraircraft.com

Tebodin awarded three contracts from DUGAS

The Dubai Natural Gas Company Limited (DUGAS) has contracted Tebodin for the detailed design of the expansion of a Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) plant. The consulting and engineering firm also received a contract for the preparation of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) tender package for the additional butane storage facility. In line with its growth program, DUGAS will undertake the expansion of its MTBE plant to increase its production capacity from 500,000 to 675,000 million tonnes per year. The construction of additional butane/propane storage tanks and associated dedicated refrigeration system using vapour recovery compression for re-liquefaction has also been scheduled. DUGAS owns and operates a gas processing facility and MTBE at its plant in Jebel Ali, Dubai. MTBE is an additive for unleaded gasoline that helps raise the octane level of gasoline by supplying additional oxygen during combustion, allowing cleaner and more complete burning and thereby reducing emissions. Visit: www.tebodin.com

Balfour Beatty awarded £130 million rail contract

Acontract in excess of £130 million to build two miles of the Crossrail route and an iconic new rail station in South East London that will deal with thousands of commuters every day has been awarded to leading international infrastructure group Balfour Beatty.

The group confirmed that following their involvement in the successful completion of the design phase of the Crossrail South East Section Project, Network Rail has now awarded them the contract for the final phase which will see them build the new station in Abbey Wood, including the replacement of its two existing platforms. It will also involve installing two new dedicated Crossrail lines from the station to the Plumstead portal, providing access to the new Crossrail tunnels into Canary Wharf and central London, and modifications to several bridges along the route.

The new Crossrail route will connect Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west, through new twin-bore 21 km (13 miles) tunnels below central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. Visit: www.balfourbeatty.com

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Stadler wins order for the delivery of 48 FLIRTs in Hungary

Stadler Rail has won a tender for the delivery of 48 electric multiple units to Hungary. The public procurement was issued jointly by the Hungarian State Railways MÁV and Austrian-Hungarian regional operator GYSEV in November 2012. The result of the tender was announced on 26 February 2013. Within the frames of the contract Stadler will deliver 42 FLIRT units for MÁV and 6 units for GYSEV. The new four-part trains will be single voltage low floor vehicles with a seating capacity of 200 and a maximum speed of 160 km/h. The last train will be delivered by Stadler by Autumn 2015.

The current EMU tender is now the 3rd in a row that Stadler has won in Hungary. After the delivery of the current batch, 112 FLIRT units in total will be operating in Hungary. The FLIRT has a very good reputation in the country, as the 60 existing vehicles have been operating highly efficiently for the past 6 years. Visit: www.stadlerrail.com

Thales awarded sonar contracts

Thales UK has been awarded contracts to supply the Sonar 2076 fully-integrated search and attack submarine sonar system for the UK Royal Navy’s sixth and seventh Astute Class submarines.

Thales will supply the sonar system to BAE Systems Maritime – Submarines, the prime contractor for the Astute Class build, to be fitted to the submarines at its shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness.

The complete sonar system supplied by Thales will comprise both inboard and outboard of the bow, fin, intercept and flank arrays, and the associated inboard processing. Thales has now been contracted to supply Sonar 2076 for all seven Astute Class boats.

The Astute Class platform is also fitted with a significant number of other Thales sensors and systems, including two non-hull penetrating CM010 optronic masts that, together with Sonar 2076, effectively provide the submarine with its ‘eyes and ears’.

Thales also supplies the electronic support measures (ESM) system, which has two multifunction antenna arrays mounted on the masts. Visit: www.thalesgroup.com

Cargotec’s Kalmar wins another large port equipment order

Cargotec’s Kalmar has secured a large order for 15 Kalmar E-One rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Bolivariana de Puertos (Bolipuertos) SA through construction contractor Teixeira Duarte, part of the consortium Consorcio TD-Mota-Proyecto Puerto de la Guaira, in Venezuela. The deal follows an order for Kalmar port equipment received earlier in March from Bolipuertos.

The equipment of this latest order is destined to be delivered to Bolipuerto’s La Guaira location during the first half of 2014. The value of the order is approximately €20 million.

Purchased along with an extensive stock of spare parts, the 41-tonne capacity RTG cranes have a lift height of 1 over 5 and a span of 6 + 1 for excellent productivity. The order also includes the Kalmar SmartPort process automation solution SmartRail, providing automated gantry steering for rubber tyred gantry cranes, and SmartFleet, which helps maintenance operations to more effectively support terminal equipment. Visit: www.cargotec.com

CybAero receives UAV order from AeroVironment

CybAero’s US partner AeroVironment continues to invest in helicopter UAVs. Now, add to it a bigger blanket of helicopters to meet an expected rapid demand. The order from AeroVironment is a blanket of €2.5 million for the supply of helicopters during 2013.

“We are working with CybAero to address an important growing market opportunity for tier 2 helicopter unmanned aircraft systems,” says Roy Minson, AeroVironment senior vice-president and general manager of its unmanned aircraft systems business segment.

“The US market alone represents roughly half of the global market for UAVs,” says CybAero CEO Leif Erlandsson. “It is a market that we hardly could have entered without the cooperation with world leader AeroVironment. They are the ideal partner for us on these markets,” says Erlandsson.

In November 2012, CybAero and AeroVironment signed a cooperation agreement covering the US, NATO and a number of other markets. Visit: www.cybaero.se