va tech hydro in india - ANDRITZ Vertical volute pumps

ment for the intake structure (one
set of trashracks 6.0 x 9.24 m, one
set of intake stoplogs as well as one
set of intake gates 5.5 x 6.5 m), the
dam (4 radial gates 8.0 x 6.15 m and
one set of spillway stoplogs 8.07 x
6.2 m as well as the bottom outlet
equipment), and the outlet itself
(2 sets of draft tube stoplogs 3.8 x 3,0
m) as well as a 640 m long, one lined
penstock with a maximum diameter
of 4,400 mm and a bifurcation.
At the same time, also the civil contract
was negotiated with Verbundplan
and ALPINE – MAYREDER,
both Austrian companies acting
under the overall coordination of
VA TECH HYDRO. This coordination,
amongst other duties, also includes
the arrangement of a 100% project
financing, arranged by VA TECH
FINANCE with a bank consortium
under the leadership of Bank Austria
Creditanstalt AG. The respective
loan agreements were signed on
November 14, 2003 in Vienna.
VA TECH FINANCE has been
accompanying the project for more
than two years, being responsible
for arranging the entire financial
set-up of the project – a project that
is based on a bilateral Memorandum
of Understanding between the
Ministries of Environment in Vienna
and Sofia. In letters exchanged
thereafter between the ministers,
HEPP Tsankov Kamak was declared
a pilot project, to be realized on a
bilateral basis as a Joint Implementation-Project
within the framework
of the Kyoto Protocol.
The construction period of the
project is scheduled to be finished
by the end of 2007, perfectly timed
to the first Kyoto commitment
period starting on January 1, 2008
for the generation of the emission
certificates. These certificates, sold
and transferred to the Austrian
government, are part of the project
financing scheme of the Bulgarian
client. The outstanding feature of
this project, however, lies in its development
as a climate protection
project and as a consequence in the
additional financing by means of
emission certificates. Issuing emission
certificates upon taking into
operation Tsankov Kamak hydropower
plant during the Kyoto commitment
period from January 1,
2008 until the end of 2012 is equivalent
to approximately 1.1 million
tons of CO2, being roughly one
sixth of the Austrian industries’
Kyoto target.
With the realization of the Tsankov
Kamak hydropower project
VA TECH HYDRO is not only a
pioneer in assisting the Austrian
government in fulfilling its Kyoto
targets but also in prolonging and
intensifying the longstanding cooperation
with NEK.
New Approach to Sustainable
Projects in the Future
The climate protection mechanisms
known as Joint Implementation and
Clean Development open up a
whole new approach to project
development. New power plant
projects now on the borderline of
not being feasible will be easier to
carry out if certificates can help to
finance them. For VA TECH HYDRO,
Tsankov Kamak is just the beginning
of these efforts and further projects
are already in the planning stage.
Heinz Pichler
Phone +43/732 6987 2835
heinz.pichler@vatech-hydro.at
Technical data:
Output: 2 x 43 MW / 2 x 50 MVA
Voltage: 11 kV
Head: 138.7 m
Speed: 428.6 rpm
Runner diameter: 1,800 mm
Stator frame diameter: 5,100 mm
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