ALSTOM has been honoured with the ‘Growth Strategy Excellence’ award in recognition of its outstanding achievements in air quality control systems (AQCS).

Hosted by market analysts Frost & Sullivan (F&S), the ceremony held at the 2012 Middle East Environment Industry Meet in the UAE featured nine award categories. Award winners were chosen following detailed market research undertaken by F&S experts, who examined industries working in air pollution control, solid waste management and water and wastewater services across the rapidly developing Middle East.

“It is a great privilege for Alstom to receive this honour from F&S,” said Sylvain Hijazi, Alstom’s UAE president. “At Alstom we pride ourselves on working closely with our customers to meet their needs and deliver the cleanest power and industrial solutions. That is particularly true here in the Middle East, where over many years we have developed local partnerships to assist in the economic growth of the region whilst also raising environmental standards.”

Alstom, which boasts the biggest installed base in air pollution control globally with more than 400 GW in power applications and 2,500 gas cleaning industrial units, has worked extensively for both the power generation and aluminium industries on AQCS projects throughout the Arabian Peninsula.

At the Emal al Taweelah project in the UAE – which will be the world’s single largest aluminium smelter complex – Alstom has supplied Gas Treatment Centres (GTCs) and Fume Treatment Centres (FTCs) to radically mitigate and reduce SOx, fluorides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and tar emissions.

In the UAE Alstom has also supplied environmental control products for the upgrade of Dubal’s potlines 1-3 cleaning over 134,000 tonnes per year of aluminium production. In Saudi Arabia, Alstom’s AQCS expertise is demonstrated in both the Shoaiba III and Rabigh power stations, where the latest Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP) and Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems were fitted. Alstom is also installing FGD systems at the Marafiq power plants in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

“This award from F&S acknowledges that Alstom has a firm footprint across the peninsula, born out of years of working on the ground and building relationships throughout the Middle East,” summarised Nader Abdellatif, president for Saudi Arabia and Yemen. “Our commitment to our local partners here stretches back a long time, and will continue long into the future, because we are part of the push to provide strong, sustainable and diverse growth.”

With a broad portfolio of environmental products, Alstom offers wet, dry or seawater FGD’s, dry scrubbing, fluoride recovery, particle control, mercury reduction or nitrogen oxide-reducing Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR). With many of its options providing for low energy, low water or even chemical-free operation, Alstom presents the Middle East with cost-effective and reduced-input environmental control solutions.

Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies.

It builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and  offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission with a focus on smart grids. The group employs 92,000 people in around 100 countries. It had sales of €20 billion ($25.2 billion) and booked close to €22 billion in orders in 2011-12.