Hydro Electric

A Loui Hydro Power Plant
The 170MW A Luoi hydroelectric plant will open in 2010.	The hydropower plant is located on the A Sap river in Thua Thien Hue province in Vietnam.	A Luoi will have two turbine groups supplying 170MW to the Vietnamese national grid.
A Luoi will also move water to the Bo river to increase the output of the Huong Dien hydropower factory on Co Bi river.	The project includes the longest and most sophisticated tunnel to be constructed in Vietnam.	This headrace tunnel being built by Cavico Corporation is around 11.6km long and 4m to 6m wide.

Allain Duhangan 192MW Hydroelectric Plant
The IFC (International Finance Corporation) contributed around $45m to the project.	IFC development by region.	BHEL has used rapid prototyping (RP) for making metallic models of hydro turbine blades/runners.
The IFC makes worldwide investments.	Malana Power Company Limited (MPCL) is part owner of ADPCL.

Baguari Hydro Power Plant
Baguari hydro power plant is expected to be completed by April 2010.	The plant will operate four power generating turbines, each of which will have a capacity of 35MW.	Generated electricity will be transmitted by a 230kV substation and related network of 17 towers.

Ban Ve Hydro
Songda is main contractor on the Ban Ve hydro project, with Cavico Vietnam as subcontractor.	Cavico Vietnam is constructing the Ban Ve tunnels.	When complete, Ban Ve will develop 320MW. (Cavico)
Ban Ve is the first hydro project constructed wholly by Vietnam. (Cavico)	Ban Ve is in Vietnam’s central Nghe An province.

Boguchany Hydroelectric Plant
The dam and power scheme are being constructed across the Angara River.	The hydroelectric scheme was resurrected as part of an overall energy and metal smelting project.	The turbine rotor being lifted into place. It is the largest ever constructed in Russia.
Construction cost cutting is now being implemented to save money during 2009-10.	The dam will provide around 3GW of power for Siberia.

Canedo Hydro Power Plant
The Canedo Hydro Plant was designed by Aqualogus and incorporates a dam, a low-pressure circuit, a 24.5m surge tank, a DN1500/1400 steel penstock and a powerhouse.	Low-pressure pipelines / circuits DN1800/1600, 3,680m in length, were installed during July 2008 in the plant's powerhouse.	A horizontal Francis turbine is installed in the powerhouse.
The dam was constructed on a solid granite foundation, with concrete layers of 1.5m laid as part of this.	The laying of DN1800/1600 pipelines / circuits.	The surge structure is cylindrical concrete with a 11m internal diameter.
Canedo's powerhouse is located close to a river beach and includes a 36.9m dam spillway.

Changuinola 75 Hydroelectric facility
AES is building a 158MW hydroelectric station in Panama.	Profile of hydropower plant with dam and reservoir.	Working areas of different turbine types. Source: Verbundplan.
Net exploitable hydropower potential [TWh/a] and percentage exploited Source: Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN Secretariat.	Power generation in Central America by technology (UN CEPAL, 2001).

Flatiron Hydroelectric Plant
Penstocks take water from 1,000 feet down.	The power plant discharges its water into the Flatiron reservoir.	Granby is also part of the Colorado Big Thompson Project.

Guri Hydroelectric Power Plant, Orinoco
The Guri dam is situated 100km upstream of the Caroni River.	The dam's turbines can produce 12,900GW/h of energy.	Around 73% of the country's power comes from this plant alone.

Hastings Hydrokinetic Power Station
At the Hastings Hydrokinetic Power Station, hydrokinetic energy generates power by the rotation of turbines installed under the water surface, using the natural velocity of the water currents.	The Mississippi Lock and Dam No 2 at the Hastings Hydrokinetic Power Station, Minnesota, US.	The hydrokinetic power station consists of modular, interchangeable and zero-head turbines.
The three-blade hydrokinetic turbines of about 12ft diameter are suspended from a floating barge. The blades spin at 21rpm to generate electricity.

Huelva Power Plant
A 26MW cogeneration project from Rolls Royce already produces electricity and steam for Huelva.	Excess from Rolls Royce's cogeneration unit is exported to the national grid.	Exhaust gases from the RB211 supply 52t of steam per hour.
Technip is building another hydrogen plant in Huelva, Spain.	The project is part of Cepsa's major expansion plan to meet the growing demand for middle distillates in Spain.	Raising Cepsa's total crude oil distillation capacity only 17% will reduce dependency on imports.

Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme
Road works at Ingula.	Tunnel construction.	Vegetation control.
The Ingula construction site.

Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam
Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam is the largest operational hydroelectric energy producer in the world.	The plant is operated by Itaipu Binacional and located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.	The first unit began generating power in May 1984.
The energy generated in 2008 was used to supply 87% of the electricity consumed in Paraguay and 19% demanded by the Brazilian interconnected system.	Construction of the dam involved installing four rock crushing centres.

White Water River Hydroelectric Stations, Yunnan
Three hydroelectric power stations have been built on the White Water River, in Yunnan, China.	The $69m Yunnan hydro project uses three cascade stations.	White Water is helping to electrify China's Yunnan province.
The IFC's committed portfolio for 2003 to 2007.	IFC has developments through the world.	IFC believes the White Water hydro project will help demonstrate the viability of small hydropower projects.
Hangzhou Dalu supplied two Francis turbines to White Water.

Youngs Creek Hydro Power Project
Youngs Creek, also known as Shepperd's Dell, is a small canyon in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.	Digital elevation map of Washington; Washington currently relies on hydro power from the state's waterways for 72% of its power.	A natural shelf at the top of the creek means that the power station will not pose any threat to anadromous fish such as salmon, which have to migrate to breed.

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