INFORMATION ON THE LAHMEYER INTERNATIONAL GROUP, NO. 49 / JANUARY 2005 BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: ICELAND: 690 MW HYDROPOWER PLANT 400 KV TRANSMISSION LINE KÁRAHNJÚKAR YEMEN: SUDAN: 70 MW DIESEL POWER PLANT AL-MANSURA BASIC SURVEYING FOR MEROWE DAM PROJECT ONTENTS p. 3 Albania: The Reform of the Power Sector C p. 4 Yemen: 70 MW Diesel Power Plant Al-Mansura p. 4 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 2400 MW Combined Cycle Power and Sea Water Desalination Plant in Jubail p. 5 Pakistan: Feasibility Study for Fauji Korangi CCPP p. 5 Bosnia-Hercegovina: 400 kV Transmission Line p. 6 Germany: New 110/15 kV Substation Dessau-Alten p. 7 Georgia: SCADA/EMS and Communication Systems for High-voltage Transmission Grid p. 7 Iran: 30 MW Wind Park in Manjil p. 8 Korea: Consulting Services for Business Development in the Photovoltaic Industry p. 9 Iceland: 690 MW Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Power Plant p. 10 Burkina Faso: Celebration on the Occasion of "Availability of Water from the Ziga Reservoir" in Ouagadougou p. 11 Germany: Preliminary Design for the New Pumped Storage Plant Waldeck I p. 12 Jordan: Mujib Dam p. 13 Mozambique: Strategic Sanitation Plans for Seven Municipalities p. 14 Sudan: Basic Surveying for Merowe Dam Project p. 15 Croatia: Modernization of Railway Corridor Vc p. 15 Greece: Stavros Depot of Athens Metro p. 16 Venezuela: Metro Los Teques p. 17 Greece: SYGROU - FIX Transfer Station in Athens p. 18 Germany: Modernization of the Auxiliary Klingenberg Dam p. 19 Germany: New Development of the ‘Berliner Platz’ in the City of Gießen COVER MASTHEAD Mujib Dam, Jordan Publisher: Lahmeyer International GmbH, The Mujib Dam is located near the most Bad Vilbel, Germany ancient road in the world, which has been Editorial Office: Jutta Kaufmann, Business Development continuously in use up to now, and which Design and Lithography: SaarRepro, Ottweiler, Germany was used in past times by Abraham and Print: Ottweiler Druckerei und Verlag GmbH, Ottweiler, Germany Lawrence of Arabia. The Wadi Mujib is also called Jordan’s Grand Canyon. It cuts Photographic Evidence: Lahmeyer International’s Photo Archive through the Jordanian highlands and, com- ing from the east, it flows into the Dead © Lahmeyer International GmbH 01/05 Sea, the world’s deepest lake. 2 ALBANIA The Reform of the Power Sector NERGY E Electricity generation groups, under consideration of by hydropower plants financial and social aspects, in a at the river Drin cost-covering level, • to prepare the organisation of the power industry in Albania not only for the commercialisa- tion and privatisation but also for the integration into the UCTE1 zone and the Southeast European Electrical System. Based on this study, the Govern- ment of Albania worked out a strat- egy for the modernisation of the energy sector. In 2004, the first measures for the unbundling of the three functions (generation, trans- mission and distribution) were intro- duced at KESH. For further support, KESH has engaged in November 2004 Lahmeyer International with another project financed by the World Bank. The objective of the project is to state and compare the different Since almost one and a half reasons, but also because the options for: decade, the engineers and consult- capacities of the transmission sys- ants of Lahmeyer International tem were not sufficient, only one •the organisation of the Albanian realise the technical and economic part of the electricity gap could be electricity generation units, restructuring of national utilities in filled through electricity imports. The •the organisation of the Albanian several transition economies. population and the economy suf- electricity distribution divisions, fered from massive electricity out- • the privatisation of the genera- A peculiarity is presented in Albania. ages. tion and distribution functions, Almost 99 % of the electricity gen- • the introduction of competition. eration is provided by domestic Very low tariffs and high technical hydropower. At the beginning of the and non technical losses of 40 to The project shall be finished in July nineties, the country exported 20 % 50 % in total were essential reasons 2005. of its power generation. for the high increase in electricity consumption. KESH could not It is the start for the successful In the nineties our power plant and afford the costs of the power privatisation of KESH that should be electrical engineers advised KESH, imports with own resources. The finished, according to the plans of the Albanian Power Corporation, on government felt obligated to pay the Albanian government, in the the modernisation of the largest direct subventions at KESH. year 2007. hydropower plant (the Drin River cascade), the additional extension Due to the energy crisis in Albania, Hans-Joachim Kießling, with thermal power plants and the the projects for Lahmeyer Rosa Tarragó construction of a new hydropower International in the country also plant. changed. In 2002 our engineers and economists participated in a At the end of the nineties the bal- sectoral study. They recommended, ance supply situation in the among others: Albanian power sector fundamental- ly changed. The steadily increasing • to slow down the high increase electricity demand (about 10 % per of the electricity consumption, year from 1992) and unfavourable • to reduce the technical and non hydrological conditions followed to technical losses of service electricity shortages in the country. through the improvement of the At the beginning of this century, the network capacities and adminis- domestic power plants could only trative measures, cover about 50 % of the national • to bring step-by-step the elec- 1 UCTE – Union for the Coordination of electricity consumption. For financial tricity tariffs for all consumption Transmission in Europe 3 YEMEN 70 MW Diesel Power Plant Al-Mansura NERGY E The Public Electricity Corpora- of higher capacities – generate convertible to dual fuel / natural gas tion (PEC), the Yemeni state-owned intermittent only due to outages and operation in the future. utility under the Ministry of maintenance, resulting in an overall Electricity, operates approx. 50 availability of around 60 %. The The project is financed by a loan thermal power plants, out of which Ministry of Electricity estimates the from the Saudi Fund for Develop- three are conventional oil-fired demand on new power plants until ment and by funds from the Yemen steam turbine power plants. All 2020 at 1,650 MW. Government. Lahmeyer International other plants are diesel engine driven plants, 40 of them operated in iso- The 70 MW Diesel Power Plant lated grids. Al-Mansura is being built on the south coast of the country in Aden. The steam turbines in Ras It will comprise seven medium Kanastib at Al-Hodeidah, in Al- speed diesel generator sets of simi- Mukha and in Al-Hiswa at Aden lar type incl. auxiliary equipment, have a total capacity of 450 MW. waste heat recovery steam system, The diesel power plants in the net- electrical plant installation with work compound have a combined 33 kV GIS switch gear, instrumenta- capacity in excess of 200 MW, while tion and control systems, water the diesel power plants operating in treatment as well as interim fuel Aden site inspection in Mai 2004 was selected among ten short-listed consulting firms under Quality- and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) to provide the consulting services for this project. The consulting services during the implementation period of 18 months comprise the project man- agement, design review and The future location of the 70 MW diesel approval, witness of factory tests, power plant Al- supervision of construction including Mansura near Aden commissioning, testing and handing over, as well as assistance to the isolated grids have a capacity of storage capacities, in addition to the client during the 12 months defects 235 MW. However, the contribution pipeline connection. The plant is liability period. of the grid connected diesel plants designed to operate initially on to the power generation is consider- heavy fuel oil as the main fuel and Harald Neff ably lower. Numerous plants – even light fuel oil as backup, and to be KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA 2400 MW Combined Cycle Power and Sea Water Desalination Plant in Jubail In July 2004, Lahmeyer The dual-purpose installation Bid submission from internation- International, leading an advisory shall provide power and desalinated al pre-qualified developers is consortium, has been commissioned water to the customers in Jubail expected in February 2005. by the Power & Water Utility City at the Saudi Arabian East Company for Jubail and Yanbu Coast, one of the most important Dr. Uwe Dammel (Marafiq) as Owner’s Engineer for the industrial areas in Saudi Arabia. The so called Independent Water & IWPP comprises a 2400 MW power Power Project (IWPP) in Jubail, being station and a sea water desalination one of the first and biggest privately plant of 300,000 m3 per day. funded projects in Saudi Arabia. 4 PAKISTAN Feasibility Study for Fauji Korangi CCPP NERGY E Supply Agreement (GSA), other related agreements, and liaison with the concerned local and interna- tional agencies for facilitating and expediting progress of private sec- tor power projects. The LI-NESPAK consortium will pro- vide the following services: • Review of existing pre-feasibility study report • Data collection of the selected site • Review of basic project parame- ters and conditions • Determination of general plant requirements •Transportation study •Identification of optimized tech- nical plant concept/configuration The site for the future Combined Cycle Power Plant Fauji Korangi nearby the city of Karachi •Preparation of plant conceptual design and implementation con- cept Fauji Foundation has been declared sector entity. Its welfare operations • Environmental impact assess- as pre-qualified by Private Power are financed through its industrial ment (EIA) Infrastructure Board (PPIB), Govern- and commercial projects. It has 9 • Review of existing project agree- ment of Pakistan and intends to million beneficiaries and has welfare ments setting up a 150 MW dual-fired operation in education, health and • Estimation of project cost and combined cycle power plant (CCPP) vocational training areas.