ENERGO-PRO to supply turbines for hydroelectric power plant in India

The power of the turbines is significantly higher than expected by the Indian customer

The multinational group ENERGO-PRO will produce and supply two turbines for the hydroelectric power plant in Rongnich, northeast India. The hydroelectric power plant was built on the river of the same name in the Indian state of Sikkim by the investment group SARDA, which has so far focused its activities on the mining industry and the production of iron and steel.

The installed power of each of the two Pelton turbines destined for the hydroelectric plant will be 55 megawatts, although the initial estimate is for 48 megawatts of power of each of the articles. The turbines are manufactured by the Slovenian company Litostroy Power, part of the ENERGO-PRO group. “We presented the client with a solution different from that proposed by consultants and competitors, which allows achieving higher power,” said Lithostroy's business manager Jiri Kanyak.

Tests of the physical model of the Pelton turbine for the Indian power plant were carried out in July by the hydraulic laboratory of ČKD Blanco Engineering, which has been a business partner of ENERGO-PRO since 2014. “The cooperation between the Slovenian water turbine manufacturer and the engineers from Blanco has already proved to be effective many times. The benefit of this cooperation is very great, especially when it comes to testing turbine models in the unique hydraulic laboratory of Blansko Engineering”, said ENERGO-PRO Executive Manager in the Czech Republic Pavel Vanja.

The new solution of the ENERGO-PRO group companies makes it possible to reduce the size of the power plant and thus reduce the cost of construction costs. Thanks to a new hydraulic profile, turbines with a higher rated speed can be designed, which allows smaller and, as a result, cheaper generators to be installed.

The total value of the contract for the Rongnich hydroelectric power plant is more than 130 million Czech crowns. The new turbines will start generating electricity in June 2018. According to the expectations of the Indian customer, their life expectancy will reach at least 35 years.