EANS-News: ANDRITZ to supply electromechanical equipment for the Muskrat Falls hydropower plant, Canada

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Graz (euro adhoc) - Graz/Vienna, January 30, 2013. ANDRITZ HYDRO,
part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order
from Nalcor Energy to supply four 209 megawatt (MW) Kaplan turbines
and four synchronous generators for the new Muskrat Falls hydropower
plant in Labrador, Canada. Commissioning is scheduled for 2017. The
power generated will be used to replace the energy production of an
oil-fired thermal power station.The order has a value of
approximately 125 million euros.

ANDRITZ HYDRO's scope of supply includes design, manufacturing,
installation, commissioning, and testing of the Kaplan turbines,
which are among the largest in the world, the four generators, as
well as governors, static excitation systems, and the monitoring,
protection, and control equipment.

The turbine engineering is based on the hydraulic developments at
ANDRITZ HYDRO's turbine laboratory in Lachine, Quebec, the only
hydraulic development and test facility of its kind in Canada.

Muskrat Falls is located on the Churchill River, 35 kilometers from
Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Some of the power will be exported from the
province via subsea cables between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

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The ANDRITZ GROUP International technology Group ANDRITZ is a
globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for
hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, solid/liquid
separation in the municipal and industrial sectors, the steel
industry, and the production of animal feed and biomass pellets. In
addition, ANDRITZ offers technologies for certain other sectors
including automation, pumps, machinery for nonwovens and plastic
films, steam boiler plants, biomass boilers and gasification plants
for energy generation, flue gas cleaning plants, plants for the
production of panelboard (MDF), thermal sludge utilization, and
torrefaction plants. The publicly listed ANDRITZ GROUP is
headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of around 17,700
employees worldwide. ANDRITZ operates over 180 production sites as
well as service and sales companies all around the world.

ANDRITZ HYDRO ANDRITZ HYDRO supplies electromechanical equipment for
hydropower stations. With over 170 years of accumulated experience
and more than 30,000 turbines installed totaling approximately
400,000 megawatts output, the business area is one of the world's
leading suppliers for hydraulic power generation, offering the
complete product portfolio, including turbines, generators, and
additional equipment of all types and sizes: "from water to wire" for
small-scale hydropower stations up to outputs of more than 800
megawatts. ANDRITZ HYDRO also holds a top position in the growing
hydropower plant service, refurbishment, and upgrade market. Pumps
(for water transport, irrigation, and applications for various
industries) and turbogenerators for thermal power stations are also
allocated to the business area.

Further inquiry note:
Oliver Pokorny
Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 1332
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto: oliver.pokorny@andritz.com

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company: Andritz AG
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