This 370 MW plant will be an extension of the existing combined cycle power plant located at Utran, in the Surat district of Gujarat.

Under the contract, Alstom will provide all engineering, procurement and construction services to deliver a fully integrated combined cycle power plant, with heat recovery steam generator, gas turbine and generator, steam turbine and generator, and distributed control system.

APIL, the Indian entity of the French power equipment manufacturer, will also be responsible for plant engineering, heat recovery steam generator and other equipment supplies along with the entire site construction of the plant, which is estimated to cost Rs500 crore.

The power plant will be built around Alstom''s GT26 gas turbine technology, which, the company says, in combined cycle, is the most efficient gas turbine technology in the market with the highest overall plant efficiency in its class.

The plant will be the fourth combined cycle power plant constructed by the Company in the state of Gujarat, after Kawas, Gandhar, and Hazira. It will add up to 10% to the generating capacity of GSECL.

Philippe Joubert, president, APIL, said, "Thanks to our strong engineering base and increasing presence in India, we are proud of our contribution to the expansion of the Indian power sector and in particular in the State of Gujarat, with a highly efficient combined cycle power plant built around the world leading GT26 gas turbine. The turbine''s excellent efficiency in combined cycle gives more electricity for the same amount of fuel and hence less emissions of CO2."