Gabon's Ministry of Energy and Minerals awarded a US$400 million contract to SinoHydro of China to build the 160-mw Poubara 2 hydroelectric project. To be built on Gabon's largest river, 1,200-kilometer Ogooue, Poubara 2 is to include a dam, tunnel, surge shaft, power station, switchyard, and transmission line.BITEXCO, a private investor-developer, awarded a US$20.5 million contract to Cavico Mining for construction of an access road and 1.6-kilometer tunnel for the 108-mw Nho Que 3 hydroelectric project on Vietnam's Nho Que River. Cavico received a second contract, from Central Hydropower Joint Stock Co., for the 170-mw ALuoi hydroelectric project in A Luoi District of Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue Province. That contract is for a headrace tunnel and surge tank, 7 miles long and 13 to 19 feet wide.
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