HYDRONo. 24 / 11-2013 • ENGLISH NEWSMAGAZINE OF ANDRITZ HYDRO HIPASE Top story, the new product line by ANDRITZ HYDRO Automation (Page 05) GEORGIA Inauguration of a representative office in a future market (Page 08) XAYABURI A new run-of-river power station for Lao PDR (Page 14) KINDARUMA Final taking over in Kenya ahead of schedule (Page 24) www.andritz.com 02 HYDRONEWS • 24 Latest News Indonesia Ghana Lao PDR Volta River Authority signed a con- ANDRITZ HYDRO has signed a con- tract with ANDRITZ HYDRO for the tract with POSCO Engineering and refurbishment of electromechanical Construction Company Ltd. (POSCO equipment at HPP Kpong. The scope E&C) for the supply, installation and includes engineering, installation commissioning of the electromech- and commissioning of four 45.7 MW anical equipment for HPP Nam Lik 1. Kaplan turbines, four generators, transformers and additional equip- The scope of supply includes two ment. 32.25 MW bulb turbines, horizontal generators, mechanical auxiliaries, electric power systems, gates and ad- Serbia ditional equipment. The hydropower plant will be put into operation within 38 months. In November 2007 Electric Power ln- dustry of Serbia (EPS) awarded a con- tract to ANDRITZ HYDRO for the reha- ANDRITZ HYDRO was awarded by PT bilitation of the run-of-river hydropower Hydro News on iPad Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Indonesia) station Bajina Bašta. In September with the supply of electromechanical 2013 unit 4, the last unit, successfully equipment for HPP Peusangan. finished its test run. Instead of planned Since July 2013 the Hydro News is 103 MW, the output of each unit could also available for iPads. It is now The project scope includes supply, be increased to 105.6 MW. possible to read the customer maga- installation and commissioning of zine everywhere, offline and online, four 23 MW Franics turbines, four free from any charge. generators and additional equipment. QR code to download the Hydro News mobile kiosk onto your iPad. Turkey ANDRITZ HYDRO has received an order as part of a consortium from Kalehan Enerji for supply, installation, On 8 October 2013 unit 4 was cere- and commissioning (scheduled for monial handed over to EPS. The im- 2016) of three 235 MVA generators portance of the project was empha- for the new HPP Upper Kaleköy. sized by the attendance of the Serbian Prime Minister, Mr. Ivica Dačić, on the The planned hydropower plant has event. a total output of 636 MW and will cover – with an annual production of approximately 1,470 GWh – the electricity demand for 150,000 house- holds in Turkey. HYDRONEWS • 24 Contents 03 24 10 25 12 18 27 CONTENTS 02 LATEST NEWS SITE REPORTS Cover: HIPASE, new product line 19 Teesta Low Dam III, India by ANDRITZ HYDRO Automation 04 INTRODUCTION 20 Santo Antônio, Brazil 21 Deriner, Turkey TOP STORY 22 Wei Tuo, China 05 HIPASE 23 Ashta 1 & 2, Albania 24 Kindaruma, Kenya MARKETS 25 Iffezheim, Germany 08 Georgia 26 Coca Codo Sinclair, Ecuador 10 Switzerland 27 Strasbourg & Gerstheim, France NEW PROJECTS 12 Matre Haugsdal, Norway 28 HIGHLIGHTS 13 San Pedro II, Spain 14 Xayaburi, Lao PDR TECHNOLOGY 16 Spray 1, Canada 34 MINI COMPACT HYDRO 17 VERBUND Grenzkraftwerke 18 Djoué, Congo 35 EVENTS Imprint Publisher: ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH, A-1120 Vienna, Eibesbrunnergasse 20, Austria, Phone: +43 50805 5 Responsible for the contents: Alexander Schwab Editorial Board: Christian Dubois, Clemens Mann, Bernhard Mühlbachler, Jens Päutz, Edwin Walch Project Manager: Judith Heimhilcher Copyright: © ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH 2013, All rights reserved Graphic design: Layout / production: A3 Werbeservice Circulation: 21,100 • Printed in German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian language This issue includes links to videos on external websites whose content we can’t influence. The opinions expressed in the videos are personal views of the speaker, which must not match with the positions of ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH. The initiator of the video is responsible for the accuracy of the content. 04 Introduction HYDRONEWS • 24 Dear business friend ithout innovative hydro- ANDRITZ HYDRO could win in this ing put that many power stations in power we will not have a sector orders in all regions of the service – securing the production of W renewable energy future – world, from Belgium to Vietnam and environmentally friendly and economi- and ANDRITZ HYDRO is contributing from Canada to Chile. cally viable green electricity next de- with our people, technology and cades to come. quality. Technological development is nowa- days essential to keep the state of Recent examples include HPP Myntdu- With the slow down of the worldwide the art standard of ANDRITZ HYDRO. Leshka (3 x 42 MW) in India, HPP economy and subdued delays for For example the automation platform Theun-Hinboun (1 x 220 MW) in Lao investments in new installations the HIPASE is a radical new approach to PDR, HPP Allai Khwar (2 x 60.5 MW) in project landscape reflects now again unifying different device specifications Pakistan, HPP Boyabat (3 x 176 MW) a stable performance but on a lower and applying the latest and most mod- in Turkey, HPP Bajina Bašta (4 x 105.6 level compared to the peak years ern hardware and software technolo- MW) in Serbia, HPP Kindaruma (3 x 24 before. Still ANDRITZ HYDRO is show- gies. It is the first time such a product MW) in Kenya and HPP Chacayes (2 x ing, after an excellent year 2012, a could be developed and will now be 59.5 MW) in Chile. satisfactory development in 2013. introduced to the global market. The trust our customers place in us is Orders like equipment supply for HPP Another commitment from ANDRITZ based on our solid performance in im- Xayaburi and HPP Nam Lik in Lao PDR, HYDRO is our excellent execution of plementation. It is this which gives us HPP Upper Kaleköy in Turkey or HPP 5 orders. Timely high quality deliveries the confidence to tackle new challeng- de Noviembre in El Salvador demon- are proving our technological compe- es and future demands. strate this. Additionally the number of tence and our project management small hydropower stations installed is skills represent a corner stone of our remaining on a high level. reputation. We are quite proud of hav- With sincere thanks M. Komböck W. Semper H. Heber HYDRONEWS • 24 Top story 05 HIPASE The new product line by ANDRITZ HYDRO Automation n parallel to hydraulic and electri- cal energy a permanent stream I of information flows through the power plant, which controls, regulates, optimizes and protects this energy conversion process. The comprehensive handling of this information flow is the task of ANDRITZ HYDRO Automation. For more than 30 years, automation technology has been characterized by rapid digitalization. With the newly developed platform HIPASE, ANDRITZ HYDRO Automation addresses the lat- est technological possibilities and uni- fies for the first time in one product the different device characteristics of elec- trical protection, voltage control and synchronization worldwide. HIPASE - the homogeneous ▲ HIPASE device platform this was done by specialized mechani- HIPASE is a radically new approach All hydropower plant units are electri- cal and electromechanical devices, of ANDRITZ HYDRO, representing a cally protected, the generator voltage which have been designed in a techno- unified product platform for electrical is regulated and units are synchro- logical very different way, by the vary protection, voltage regulation and syn- nized with the grid. For nearly a century nature of technology at this time. chronization for the first time worldwide. HIPASE is based on the latest hard- and ▼ HIPASE device For several decades, the entire control, software technology and is character- regulation and automation systems ized by a uniform hardware, a uniform have been characterized by the elec- user interface and a unified engineering tronic computing evolution. Historic tool. mechanical and electromechanical devices are now being superseded by Over the last 30 years the different digital electronic and software-con- technical skills required have been trolled devices. Although these different a core competence within ANDRITZ devices are based on the same tech- HYDRO. With more than 500 em nology, the currently on the automation ployees involved in the automation market available products are still business, ANDRITZ HYDRO Automation being built today on completely different is the world leader in automation platforms, reflecting the historical inde- solutions for hydropower plants. pendent product development. 06 Top story HYDRONEWS • 24 Additional key success factors: n Bundling a team of highly skilled R&D staff and experienced field engineers for hydroelectric power plant control and regulation under one roof at ANDRITZ HYDRO Automation head- quarters in Vienna (Austria). n Short communication lines and deci- sion-making process have been es- sential for the unification of technical disciplines which have evolved differ- ently over a very long time. n Extensive and long-standing technical worldwide turbine and generator ▲ HIPASE Functional diagram know-how as a crucial factor for the successful development of HIPASE. HIPASE - uniform local device tions for electrical protection, voltage operation regulation and synchronization are con- HIPASE - unified hardware figured, parameterized and documented Each HIPASE device has a full graphic with the same tool. The hardware of HIPASE is uniformly color touch display for local unit oper- constructed - each HIPASE device con- ation. The look and feel of the electri- The Engineering-Tool impresses by a sists of the same rack, the same touch cal protection, voltage regulation and simple design according to the latest panel, the same power supply, the synchronization is similar to each ergonomic perceptions of the user inter- same central processing and communi- other. face. The menu structure is consistently cations unit, as well as common com- organized according to the workflow of ponents for digital and analogue in- and Via the HIPASE touch display a simple the engineering process.