Alstom has won a contract worth Rs.945 crore (approximately 175 million euros) from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) for the construction of the first Alstom GT26-based combined cycle power plant in India.

This 370 MW plant will be an extension of the existing combined cycle power plant located at Utran in 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 DCS (Distributed Control System).

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

The plant will be the fourth combined cycle power plant constructed by Alstom in the state of Gujarat, after Kawas, Gandhar, and Hazira.

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