Longkou is a 420MW hydro power project. It is located on Yellow river/basin in Shanxi, China. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2005 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2009. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project is currently owned by Yellow River Wanjiazhai Water Multi-purpose Dam Project.
Longkou is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 1.96 million cubic meter. The project generated 1,302 GWh of electricity. The project cost is $426.27m.
The hydro power project consists of 1 turbine with 20MW nameplate capacity.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2005 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2009.
Contractors involved
ALSTOM Hydro China was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 4 units of kaplan turbines, each with 100MW nameplate capacity.
ALSTOM Hydro China supplied 4 electric generators for the project.
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