BWI: Australia: AREVA Part of Consortium selected as Preferred Project for Solar Flagships Program

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Source: AREVA
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 02:51 PM IST (09:21 AM GMT)
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Australia: AREVA Part of Consortium selected as Preferred Project for Solar Flagships Program


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Australian Government has selected the AREVA Solar, CS Energy and Wind Pros-pect CWP consortium's "Solar Dawn" as the preferred solar thermal power project in Round 1 of the Australian Government's Solar Flagships Program.

The Solar Flagships Program aims to provide the foundation for large-scale, grid-connected solar power and accelerate the commercialization of this energy source in Australia.

Solar Dawn is a proposed 250 megawatt solar thermal gas hybrid power plant. The Australian Commonwealth and Queensland Governments announced their commitment to contribute AUS.$ 464 million and AUS.$ 75 million, respectively, to the project.

The consortium will now work with government and stakeholders to finalize all relevant approvals and financing arrangements, as well as engineering, procurement, construc-tion, operations and maintenance contracts, by the end of 2011.

Solar Dawn will be located in South West Queensland, near CS Energy's recently an-nounced 44 megawatt Kogan Creek Solar Boost Project. These two projects will use AREVA Solar's Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) solar thermal technology.

As a solar thermal gas hybrid power plant, Solar Dawn will combine AREVA Solar's CLFR steam generators with a gas boiler back-up system, giving it the ability to deliver around the clock power.

AREVA Renewables CEO Anil Srivastava declared: "Solar Dawn will be an international showcase for Australia - using the region's abundant solar resource and AREVA Solar technology, to efficiently produce clean, reliable power to meet growing energy de-mand."

"Once completed, the proposed project will be the largest of its kind and one of the most environmentally responsible power production plants in the world. Its innovative hybrid design will deliver energy as needed, even when the sun isn't shining," he added.

For more information about the Solar Dawn power project, please visit http://solardawn.com.au/.

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AREVA supplies solutions for power generation with less carbon. Its expertise and unwavering insistence on safety, security, transparency and ethics are setting the standard, and its responsible development is anchored in a process of continuous improvement.

Ranked first in the global nuclear power industry, AREVA's unique integrated offering to utilities covers every stage of the fuel cycle, nuclear reactor design and construction, and related services. The group is also expanding in renewable energies - wind, solar, bioenergies, hydrogen and storage - to be one of the top three in this sector worldwide in 2012.

With these two major offers, AREVA's 48,000 employees are helping to supply ever safer, cleaner and more economical energy to the greatest number of people.


CONTACT DETAILS
Patricia Marie, AREVA, +33 (0) 1 34 96 12 15, press@areva.com
Marie de Scorbiac, Investor Relations, AREVA, +33 (0) 1 34 96 05 97
Sunita Kumar, Areva, +91 (22) 6144 2000, sunita.kumar@areva.com
Patrick Teyssier, Areva, +91 (22) 61442000, Patrick.teyssier@areva.com

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