New hydropower in China and Turkey Two hydroelectric power stations under constr ...

New hydropower in China and Turkey Two hydroelectric power stations under construction in China are to have generator sets installed by Alstom. The company will supply five 40 MW bulb turbine and generator units to the new Xiajiang hydropower station currently under construction on the Ganjiang river, 160 km from Nanchang city in China’s Jiangxi Province. The contract is worth around €50mn and was awarded to Alstom by Jiangxi Province Xiajiang Water Control Project Headquarters. The plant is due to be operational in summer 2013. The company will also supply three 600 MWFrancis turbine generator units to the Guanyinyan hydropower station on the Jinsha River in China’s Yunnan province. The €70mn contract was awarded to Alstom by the Datang Guanyinyan Hydropower Development. The first unit is due to enter commercial operation in 2014. The equipment for the projects will be manufactured and supplied by Alstom Hydro China, the company’s recently inaugurated manufacturing site at Tianjin. The 250,000 square metre site is capable of delivering up to 30 turbine and generator units per year with outputs ranging from 20 MW to 1 GW, says Alstom. Hydropower accounts for 22% of China’s electricity generation capacity and is expanding at a rate of 15 GW per year, according to Alstom. Over 110 new hydro projects are currently in the planning stage, to be completed by 2020. Once finished, these plants will add an extra 200 GW of power to the country’s grid, and will account for 28% of installed capacity. Last, the Coruh River, Turkey, will become home to a 236 MW hydropower plant. The plant, to be owned by Enerjisa Power Generation Company, will contain three 76 MW vertical Francis hydropower turbines, also engin