ABB replaces Alstom for $160m Eksom power plant contract

Posted on 7 Apr 2015 by Aiden Burgess

South African-based electricity company, Eskom, has terminated its contract with Alstom S&E Africa for the Control and Instrumentation (C&I) Works Contract for its new Kusile Power Station outside of Johannesburg.

The consensual termination is effective from April 17, and ends a contract with Alstom that was first established in 2011. Eskom has now appointed ABB South Africa to execute the C&I contract for the Kusile Power Station. The ABB contract is valued at about $160m, with ABB starting the C&I works from scratch, with the…

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