Toshiba wins order for two 83 MW turbines worth $94m for Te Mihi plant in NZ
Toshiba 30 MW bottom-cycle turbine at the Hellisheidi Power Plant in Iceland (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)
Alexander Richter
7 Apr 2011
Toshiba Corp. wins order for 2 turbines of 83 MW worth US$94m from an international joint venture including McConnell Dowell, SNC-Lavalin and Parsons Brinkerhoff.
Reported by Toshiba Corp., the company announces “it has won an order worth about 8 billion yen (US$94m) from an international joint venture to supply it with geothermal power equipment at a plant in New Zealand.
Under the contract with the joint venture of Australia’s McConnell Dowell, Canada’s SNC-Lavalin and Parsons Brinkerhoff of the United States, Toshiba will deliver two 83 megawatt-class geothermal turbines in 2012 for the Te Mihi power plant in the Taupo volcanic zone.
Each turbine will be supplied with a generator and condenser, the major Japanese electronics maker said. The products will be designed and manufactured at its plant in Yokohama.”
Source: Mainichi Daily News
