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Power generation 

Solutions for power generation

Vallourec is a world leader in premium tubular solutions for power generation.

 

Present at every stage, from the construction of new power plants to the upgrading and maintenance of existing facilities, Vallourec is the world leader in tubes for the power generation industry. 
 

Main Vallourec products

  • Seamless carbon and alloy steel tubes
  • Seamless nickel alloy tubes
  • Welded titanium and stainless steel tubes

Vallourec designs and supplies tubes capable of withstanding the severe temperature and pressure conditions found in coal-fired, gas-fired and nuclear power plants. Tubes are available in a wide range of materials (carbon alloy steel, stainless steel, titanium, and nickel alloys); all shapes (smooth, rifled or finned); and for all applications, including boilers, condensers, headers, steam piping, steam generators, feedwater heaters and superheaters. Vallourec is the only supplier in the world capable of providing the entire spectrum of tubes used in a power plant.


Vallourec is the recognised expert in solutions for the new generation of “supercritical” and “ultra-supercritical” power plants, which operate at increased  pressures and temperatures to achieve greater efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions. Compared to “subcritical” plants, these new technologies lower CO2 emissions by approximately one-third per kilowatt hour. Furthermore, the Group is working with customers to develop new solutions for the next generation of “high advanced” power plants.
 

Focus on ...

The nuclear renaissance 

 
In an economy in which all eyes are on the effects of global warming, the nuclear power market is currently experiencing a revival, reflected in the sharp rise in the number of nuclear power plant construction projects around the world. The combined power generating capacity of the new nuclear power plants coming onstream between 2006 and 2030 is expected to exceed 344 GW *. These new projects are partly responsible for particularly strong demand for tubes for nuclear power plants.
To satisfy the growing requirements of the Group's customers, Vallourec has decided to invest a total of €80 million in projects that will triple its production capacity. These investments concern three Vallourec production sites, operated by Valinox Nucléaire, the world leader in the production of stainless steel and high nickel alloy tubes for nuclear power plant steam generators, for which a new plant is being built in Montbard (Côte d’Or, France), and Valtimet, the global leader in stainless steel and titanium welded tubes for secondary systems at nuclear power plants, for which investments are being made at plants in Venarey-les-Laumes (Côte d’Or, France) and Morristown (Tennessee, United States).
 

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