EANS-News: ANDRITZ to equip two hydropower stations in East Asia
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Graz/Vienna, December 18, 2015. ANDRITZ HYDRO, part of international technology
Group ANDRITZ, has received contracts from Vietnam and South Korea to supply
electromechanical equipment for hydropower stations with a total value of
around 65 million euros.
VNECO Hoi Xuan Investment and Electricity Construction, Vietnam, has awarded
ANDRITZ HYDRO an order for the supply of three bulb turbines and generators
as well as additional equipment for the new Hoi Xuan hydropower station.
Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the beginning of 2018. It will
supply more than 425 gigawatt hours of renewable energy every year for
Vietnamese households and the local industry.
Korea Water Resources has awarded ANDRITZ HYDRO the refurbishment of the Andong
hydropower station in South Korea. Two diagonal turbine generator
sets each with an output of 46.3 megawatts are to be modernized by the middle
of 2019. Korea Water Resources supplies one quarter of South Korea's renewable
energy and also operates the world's largest tidal power plant, located in
Sihwa and equipped by ANDRITZ HYDRO.
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The ANDRITZ GROUP
ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for
hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking and steel
industries, and for solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial
sectors. The publicly listed technology Group is headquartered in Graz,
Austria, and has a staff of almost 25,000 employees worldwide. ANDRITZ operates
over 250 sites worldwide.
ANDRITZ HYDRO
ANDRITZ HYDRO is one of the leading global suppliers of electromechanical
equipment for hydropower plants. With over 170 years of accumulated experience
and more than 30,000 turbines installed, totaling about 420,000 megawatts
output, the business area provides the complete range of products, including
turbines, generators, and additional equipment of all types and sizes - "from
water to wire" for small hydro applications to large hydropower plants with
outputs of more than 800 megawatts per turbine unit. ANDRITZ HYDRO is also well
positioned in the growing modernization, refurbishment, and upgrade market for
existing hydropower plants. Pumps (for water transport, irrigation of
agricultural land, and applications in various industries) and turbo-generators
for thermal power plants are also allocated to the business area.
Further inquiry note:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Head of Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 2979
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:michael.buchbauer@andritz.com
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