Andritz Equips Laos' 280-mw Theun-hinboun Expansion

摘要

Theun-Hinboun Power Co. Ltd. (THPC) awarded an 85 million euro (US$113.5 million) contract to Andritz Hydro (formerly AndritzVA Tech Hydro) to equip the 280-MW Theun-Hinboun Expansion project on Laos' Nam Theun River. THPC is expanding the 210-MW Theun-Hinboun hydroelectric project in Kham-mouan Province, which was completed in 1998 with VA Tech Hydro equipment. THPC named Sweco of Sweden the owner's engineer earlier this year. The expansion project includes a 220-MW addition to the Theun-Hinboun power station, plus a new 60-MW Nam Gnouang hydropower plant, a 6-kilometer headrace tunnel, and a new 70-meter-tall roller-compacted-concrete dam on the Nam Gnouang River, a tributary of the Nam Theun. Andritz is to supply, install, and commission equipment for both the expanded powerhouse and the new plant, including three Francis turbine-generators, governing systems, automation and protection, main inlet valve, auxiliary systems, and switchyard equipment. The expansion is to begin commercial operation in June 2012, generating more than 3,000 gigawatt-hours annually.