Posts in category: Powerhouses

Client:
Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka
Location:
Kotmale
Completed:
1980 -1984
Services:
Design & Supervision

The project comprised construction of a 87m high rock fill dam with upstream concrete membrane, having a crest length of 600 m, and radial gated chute type spillways. The concrete lined power tunnel is 6.8 km long. Installed capacity is 2 X 67 MW with provision for a third unit of 67 MW.

Client:
VSHydro Pvt. Ltd
Location:
Chessoweri, Bukwo District
Completed:
2010 -2010
Services:
Environmental Assessments and Geotechnical investigations
Project Value:
USD 43,500 (Direct) + USD 30,000 (Additional works)

The Project envisages the construction of a 26.7 MW Hydropower Scheme. Project components include the following;

• 3 Weirs
• 2 Power Houses (Multijet-Pelton Turbines)
• 2 Headrace channels (over 6 km – combined length)
• 2 Penstock lines (over 3 km)
• Project related infrastructure including roads, engineers’ camps and water supply and sanitation facilities.

Client:
South Asia Energy Management Systems, USA
Location:
Uganda, Kilembe
Completed:
2010 -2010
Services:
Consultancy
Project Value:
USD 22,000 (Direct) + USD 20,000 (Additional works)

The Project envisages the construction of a 12 MW Hydropower Scheme. Project components include the following;

• 2 m high Tyrolean-type Weir
• Power House (6 MW, two Horizontal axis Francis Turbines)
• Gross head 190m
• Tailrace (concrete) – 3 km
• Buried Penstock of 1.6 km