This strategic partnership will be implemented as a joint venture with a shareholding of 49% for alstom and 51% for Druk Green. The Service Centre – the first in the country – is expected to employ 62 employees in the first year of operation with plans to ramp up to 160 employees when the Centre reaches its full capacity utilization. Construction of the centre is expected to take just over two years.
Alstom and Druk Green Power in Bhutan hydro JV
Alstom and Druk Green Power Corporation are to establish a state-of-the-art hydropower service centre in Jigmeling, Gelephu under Sarpang Dzongkhag, Bhutan, to provide repair services for hydro runners and other underwater parts of hydropower plants.