The contract, awarded by EDP – Gestão da Produção de Energia, S.A., includes two 120MW reversible pump turbines, cylindrical gates, motor generators, governors and control systems, hydro mechanical equipment, and a large scope of auxiliary systems.
Foz Tua is to be built on the river Tua, a tributary of the Douro River in the north of Portugal, and is part of the ambitious EDP expansion program to boost power generation from renewable sources, with a special emphasis on wind and hydropower.
The contract is the fourth major order within four years which EDP has awarded to consortia led by andritz. Altogether these contracts add up to ten turbine generator units of various types and sizes, with a predominance on low head pump turbines.
