The first unit of the Golovnaya hydro power station in Tajikistan, renovated by POWERCHINA, was connected to the grid ahead of schedule on Nov 7, 2018.
The ceremony was witnessed by the Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda and the Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Yue Bin, who cut the ribbon to celebrate the grid connection and extended their gratitude to POWERCHINA for its high technologies that will bring warmth to Tajikistan residents and offer sustainable energy that will power the country's economic and social growth.
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The Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda and the Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Yue Bin attend the ceremony and cut the ribbon to celebrate the grid connection of the first unit of Golovnaya hydro power station on Nov 7, 2018. [Photo/POWERCHINA] |
Golovnaya hydro power station, located in Khatlon province, Tajikistan, is the seventh cascade station of nine cascade hydro power plants in the Vakhsh River, with an installed capability of 240 mW and maximum dam height of 51.8 meters.
Built by the former Soviet Union in 1964, the station suffered from ageing and damage to many of its components, including its power units, parts of its electrical, gate and lifting equipment, and its civil engineering and monitoring facilities.
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Golovnaya hydro power station is situated in Khatlon province, Tajikistan. [Photo/POWERCHINA] |
Chengdu Engineering Corporation Ltd and Sinohydro Bureau 16 Co, two subsidiaries of POWERCHINA, established a joint venture which won the bid for the technical improvement project of the station in 2016. It served as POWERCHINA's first technical renovation project for a hydro power plant in central Asia.
Tajikistan is one of the key Central Asian Belt and Road countries. The technical improvement project, slated to be finished in February 2021, involves the replacement of parts of power units and accessory equipment, the replacement of parts of the main transformers, the renovation of the bridge crane and metal structure, as well as the civil engineering of the tail water channel and concrete.
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The technical renovation project for Golovnaya hydro power station is the first of its kind for POWERCHINA in Central Asia. [Photo/POWERCHINA] |
Chengdu Engineering Corporation Ltd, with plentiful experience, has adopted high technologies and made full use of water resources to construct a sustainable project.
