Pöyry's Energy business group has been awarded an engineering contract by the Hochtief Glendoe Joint Venture for the detail design and construction support of the new Glendoe hydropower scheme in the UK. The total value of the contract is approximately EUR 5 million.
The project site is located in Scotland near to Fort Augustus which lies on Loch Ness. The scheme comprises a catchment area with 19 intakes, a concrete-faced rockfill dam of 35 m height and a cavern powerhouse with a single Pelton turbine with an installed capacity of 100 MW. The construction phase has already started and is estimated to last over three years. The commissioning of the hydropower plant is envisaged to take place in autumn of 2008. Pöyry has already provided consultancy services to Hochtief during the tender phase of the hydropower scheme.
The Glendoe project is the largest new build conventional hydropower project realized in Scotland for the last fifty years and will provide an important peak load capability for the Scottish and Southern Energy utility. Hochtief is one of the biggest international contractors and will provide overall EPC services to Scottish and Southern Energy.
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