The transformer will be manufactured in the nearby Mönchengladbach plant and is estimated to be delivered mid-2015.
The construction contract, and a 15 year maintenance contract, for the RheinEnergie-operated plant was awarded to Alstom in December 2012.
Alstom said that the plant will to generate 453MW of electricity and approximately 265MW of heat by means of a combined heat and power system, this can supply up to one million households with power and about 50,000 households with heating.
Alstom Grid project manager Heiko Schneider said, "The new construction project in Niehl, Cologne, clearly illustrates the range of Alstom’s service portfolio for energy generation and transmission.
"Alstom has the advantage of being able to provide customers with a complete range of services, in both manufacturing of a new combined cycle plant, and providing the necessary equipment for electricity transmission."
Image: Alstom to supply transformer for RheinEnergie’s combined-cycle heat and power plant in Germany. Photo: courtesy of Alstom.
