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Bakun
Location: Malaysia
Operator: Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd
Configuration: 8 X 330 MW Francis
Operation: 2011-2012
T/G supplier: Alstom, Impsa
EPC: Malaysia-China Hydro Joint Venture
Quick facts: Bakun has been under development since early 1994 when
Erkan Bhd and the Sarawak government announced joint development of a
$7.5mn scheme including a large power station on the the Ranjang River and
a subsea transmission line to Peninsular Malaysia. After numerous changes
in ownership and planned bulk power deployment, Bakun will now serve load
on Sarawak only. The 230m dam is the second tallest concrete rockface dam
in the world. Main civil works begin in Oct 2002. Bakun HPP is 100% government-owned.
Photograph courtesy of Malaysia-China Hydro Joint Venture
Posted 18 Aug 2010 |
Batang Ai
Location: Malaysia
Operator: Sarawak Energy Bhd Group
Configuration: 4 X 27 MW
Operation: 1985
T/G supplier: Toshiba
EPC: SMEC, Maeda Corp, Okumura Corp
Quick facts: This was the first full-scale hydro plant in Sarawak and is
in Batang Ai National park. The main concrete-faced, rockfill dam was installed with three saddle dams.
The project was first proposed in 1962 and Snowy Mountains Engineering completed a
pre-feasibility study in 1973, followed by the full feasibility study in
1978. Construction started in 1981 ad impoundment began in in 1984.
Photograph courtesy of Sarawak Energy Bhd Group
Posted 18 Aug 2010 |
Gariuai
Location: Timor-Leste
Operator: HydroTimor
Configuration: 1 X 326 kW
Operation: 2008
T/G supplier: WKV
EPC: Norplan, Norconsult
Quick facts: HydroTimor is the coordinating unit for
hydroelectric development in Timor-Leste. It is part of the Ministry for
Infrastructure and is supported by Norway's NVE. The Gariuai minihydro plant in Baucau, went
online in November 2008 and was funded by an NVE grant. This
community-built project is expected to produce 1.5 GWh/yr and is Timor-Leste’s
only operational hydroelectric plant. It connected to the local grid by a new 4km, 22kV line. About 1,500 people were employed in building the scheme, which
operates with a gross head of 205m being served by a 2.2km penstock. The
plant cost $1.4mn and took 28mos to build.
Photograph courtesy of
HydroTimor
Posted 29 Apr 2009 |
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Kirirom Rebuild
Location: Cambodia
Operator: CETIC International Hydropower Dev Co
Configuration: 2 X 6 MW
Operation: 1968 (rebuilt 2002)
T/G supplier: China
EPC: CETIC
Quick facts: In 1968, a 10-MW Yugoslav-supplied hydro plant was built in Kirirom along with a 120km, 115kV line to Phnom Penh,
but power was only supplied until 1975 when the system was taken out of service. This facility was originally owned by
Societe Nationale des Grands Barrages. In July 2000, EDC and CETIC International Hydropower signed a PPA for output from the Kirirom-I rebuiild project.
In May 2002, the project was recommissioned ahead of schedule.
Much of the funding for the $24mn Kiriom rehabilitation came from the China Eximbank.
Photograph courtesy of CETIC Intl Hydropower Dev Co
Posted 20 Oct 2004 |
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Nadarivatu
Location: Fiji
Operator: Sustainable Energy Fiji Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 21.95 MW Pelton
Operation: 2012
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: MWH, Sinclair Knight Merz, Sinohydro
Quick facts: This project was first identified in 1977 and was launched
in 2004 as a JV of Fiji Electric
and Pacific Power but is now only promoted by FEA. The project is located in the headwaters of the Sigatoka
and Ba Rivers within the upland Nandrau Plateau of Viti Levu, an area remote from Fiji’s main towns.
China Development Bank agreed to provide $70 for the project in the form of a concessional
loan, with FEA providing $50mn from a domestic bonds issue. ANZ Bank is responsible for $30mn.
The plant will connect to
the main Vuda-Wailoa 132kV line.
Photograph courtesy of Fiji Electricity Authority
Posted 23 Nov 2010 |
