MAGAZINE FOR HYDROHYDROPOWER POWER TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY HYPOWERHyPower #1#23 | 2012| Autumn 2013 INVESTING IN SUSTAINABILITY AMET CURSUS MAURIS SIT AMET EMBRACING LOREM IPSUMTHE FUTURE MAURIS SIT AMET FULL-LINE SUPPLIER CONSEQUAT VITAE TURKEY’S HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL AMET CURSUS GREEN ENERGY MIX VIVAMUS ELEMENTUM SEMPER SIT TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY EDITORIAL IMPRINT RESOURCE-EFFICIENT Publisher: Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG POWERING Alexanderstr. 11 89522 Heidenheim, Germany www.voith.com How can we preserve our environment? This is a question Responsible for the publisher: Ute Böhringer-Mai that has become increasingly relevant in recent years as we Editor-in-chief: Lukas Nemela become more aware of the fragile nature of our planet and the Tel: +49 7321 37 0 importance of doing everything we can to secure its future. Fax: +49 7321 37-7828 E-mail: [email protected] While for some sustainability may simply be a buzzword, “greenwashing” to portray a company and its product as en- In cooperation with: vironmentally friendly, for hydropower, sustainability is part of Burda Creative Group GmbH www.burdacreative.com the genetic fingerprint. Being the most established and cost-efficient form of re- Paper: newable energy generation, hydropower plays a key role in HyPower is printed on Respecta Silk. This paper consists of 60% recycled fiber and the daily supply of clean energy to the world, fostering eco- was produced on a Voith paper machine. nomic and social development in many parts of it. As one of the world’s leading suppliers in the hydropower Copyright: No part of this publication may be copied, industry, we are proud to be at the forefront of sustainable reproduced or otherwise disseminated, development. Our expert teams are constantly striving to im- nor may any of the content in it be used in prove our portfolio of products and enhance sustainability, part or in whole in other works in any form whatsoever, without express written both in terms of energy efficiency and the effects our products permission of the editor. have on different environments. To be truly sustainable, however, we need to look beyond YOUR FEEDBACK: If you have any our products. We are also casting a close eye over our inter- comments or questions on this issue of nal processes and tools across the globe, carefully monitoring HyPower, please contact us: [email protected] the resources we use and identifying new ways to operate more efficiently. Reducing the use of freshwater in our foundry cooling towers or advancing the lighting system in our manu- facturing workshops are just two of many examples that will Photographs: Cover: plainpicture/Stock4B; p. 4 plainpicture; p. 5 vario images/OJO Images, mauritius images/ be covered within this issue of HyPower. During the course of Alamy; p. 8-9 MaGround; p. 10-14 unit/500 gls, VISUM FOTO/Andre Kohls; p. 18 laif/Philippe Royer; the magazine, you will discover more about our individual ef- p. 19, 21 IHA (2); p. 22 Wirtschaftsarchiv Hohenheim; p. 24-25 Micha Wolfson (2); p. 29 MIGA; forts in these areas and beyond, as well as about how we p. 30 Landsvirkjun; p. 36 Entegra Wasserkraft AG; p. 38-39 Gary Roork (5); p. 44-45 Ash Mills, mauritius images/Alamy, William Pye (2); p. 46 Rhyne Represents/Allan Burch; p. 47 vario images/OJO plan to extend them in the future. Images. All other photos are from Voith Hydro. For us, sustainability is not a goal that can be achieved – it is an ongoing process for our continued business success. Sources: p. 7: IPCC SRREN; National Hydropower Association; Hydropower Equipment Association; Enjoy the read! International Energy Agency; Electric Power Research Institute; Fraunhofer Institute; Frost & Sullivan; Worldmapper.org; p. 17: J. Sathaye, O. Lucon, A. Rahman, J. Christensen, F. Denton, J. Fujino, G. Heath, S. Kadner, M. Mirza, H. Rudnick, A. Schlaepfer, A. Shmakin (2011): Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Energy. In: IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Yours sincerely, Climate Change Mitigation (O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. Eickemeier, G. Hansen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow [eds.]), Cambridge University Press. Figure 9.8. All figures on installed hydropower capacity include pumped storage. Figures on hydropower potential refer to technically feasible hydropower potential. Ute Böhringer-Mai Head of Communications HyPower 2013 | 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS 8 34 44 GREEN ENERGY MIX 22 PRESERVING HISTORY 33 MAXIMIZING RESOURCES Look back at the history of Voith Adapting existing infrastructure to 8 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE and hydropower technology bring green energy to a Czech town An overview of the dimensions of sustainability AGENDA SETTING 34 FAR-REACHING POTENTIAL A closer look at the importance of 10 RESOURCE-CONSCIOUS 24 TRADITIONALLY INNOVATIVE hydropower for Turkey Discover more Voith locations around the world Interview with Voith Hydro Board about Voith in its are contributing to sustainability Member Kirsten Lange 36 BIG PLANS FOR SMALL HYDRO other insightful publications. In Switzerland, small hydro plants 13 SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS hold the key to renewable energy Shaping the next generation of hydropower with HyEco solutions 26 POWERING AFRICA GLOBAL EXPERTISE Helping Africa to realize its 15 SEIZING THE INITIATIVE hydropower potential 38 UNITY IN DIVERSITY Voith is leading the hydro industry The benefi ts of multinational in environmental accountability 30 MASTERING THE ELEMENTS teamwork in Canada REGULARS Battling the weather in Iceland to PROJECT DIRECTORY 18 MEASURING SUSTAINABILITY bring the Budarhals plant online 40 READY FOR ANYTHING 2 IMPRINT Richard Taylor of the International Security and logistics play a key 47 AROUND THE WORLD 3 EDITORIAL Hydropower Association FULL-LINE SUPPLIER role in hydropower plant projects An easy-to-check reference of the Voith Hydro 6 WHAT’S NEW projects mentioned in this edition of HyPower 43 WORLD OF VOITH 20 RESPONDING TO DEMAND 32 THE POWER OF AUTOMATION 42 WORKING ACROSS 44 GUEST PERSPECTIVE Professor Dr. Godde of E.ON gives Modernizing the underground BOUNDARIES 46 COFFEE BREAK an energy provider’s perspective power plant Churchill Falls A fully integrated solution 4 | HyPower 2013 HyPower 2013 | 5 SECTIONWHAT’S NEW SECTIONFACTS A NEW NAME, AWARD-WINNING A PROVEN PARTNER IN BRAZIL 10 FACTS ABOUT SWEDEN Voith Hydro has started operat- BRAZIL Voith Hydro has been ing under its proven brand name also in elected the best company in Sweden: The Swedish operating unit, the capital goods sector in formerly active as VG Power AB, will now Brazil for the second time in a be trading under the name of Voith Hydro row. The prize was awarded as HYDROPOWER AB. With the name change, the company part of the 40th Special Edition strengthens its presence in the Swedish of “Best and Largest” (“Mel- market and underscores the successful hores e Maiores”) of the leading More than 80% development of the Swedish branch. Brazilian trade magazine Having held a majority stake in VG Power Exame. The ranking rates 3,500 companies from 19 different business sec- of the world’s since 2006, Voith Hydro acquired all re- tors, with the assessed indicators reflecting the companies’ success in busi- up to115% maining shares at the beginning of 2013. ness. The indicators include growth, profitability, financial stabillity, invest- renewable energy Between 98% and 115% of Norway’s annual “We are convinced that, based on our lo- ments and productivity per employee. “This important award is an electricity demand is covered by hydropower cal strength and our generator expertise acknowledgment of our permanent commitment to Brazil,” commented (depending on rainfall). is generated % as well as Voith Hydro’s excellent global Osvaldo San Martin, President and CEO of Voith Hydro in Brazil. “We are 85Over 85% of all dams in the world remain reputation, we will realize many further suppliers of complete solutions for the largest hydropower generation proj- from hydropower. unused for hydropower generation. successful hydropower projects together ects in the country and in Latin America – which are deemed strategic to with our customers,” says Stefan Borsos, ensure the supply of electrical energy and hence the region’s economic de- 38 million CEO of Voith Hydro AB in Västerås. // velopment and growth.” // 35 COUNTRIES IMPORTANT MILESTONE THE SUSTAINABILITY By 2009, more than 35 countries obtained more than half of their total electricity from hydropower. REPORT 2012 PROVIDES INSIGHT CHINA The most powerful generator-turbine unit ever built by Voith has en- tered service in the Chinese hydropower plant Xiluodu on the Jinsha River. INTO SUSTAINABLE After a successful 72-hour test run, Voith handed over the first of a total of THINKING AND Using hydropower avoids nearly 200 million Hydroelectric three such machines to the customer China Three Gorges Corporation. With ACTING AT VOITH. FOR MORE metric tons of carbon pollution in the United INFORMATION, FOLLOW THE QR States each year – equal to the output of over power generation 784 MW the output of the generator-turbine unit in Xiluodu is higher than that 38 million passenger cars. of the world’s largest hydropower plants. This achievement is a milestone for CODE OR VISIT: WWW.VOITH.COM 99% per person p.a. the company and an important step toward the first one-gigawatt unit. The Pumped storage represents 99% of energy installation of the first unit in Xiluodu started about a year and a half ago in storage capacities worldwide. kWh close cooperation between Voith Hydro in Shanghai and the global research 1600 and development laboratory for water turbines and generators. // 1400 FULFILLING TURKISH 1200 POTENTIAL 1 KILOGRAM 1870 1000 The first hydraulic turbine from Voith was Each kWh produced with hydropower AUSTRIA Voith Hydro has received a major 800 manufactured in 1870. reduces CO2 emissions by 1 kg.