DR Congo: Mwadingusha refurbishment


Issue 338 - 19 Jan 2017 | 1 minute read

Société Nationale d’Electricité (Snel) has given a consortium led by Austria’s Andritz Hydro a contract for refurbishment of the Mwadingusha hydropower plant on the Lufira River in the southern province of Katanga. The scope of supply comprises replacement of four turbine units, generators, governors, inlet valves, exciters, voltage regulation, and draft tube stop logs, including dismantling, erection and commissioning, the equipment supplier disclosed on 16 January. The new turbines have almost 10% more output than the original units, which were commissioned in 1928 and manufactured by Charmilles, a predecessor of Andritz Hydro.

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