Sign up! Contract for the Restoration Project of Jibei-I Hydropower Station in Ethiopia
Keywords: hydropower station, hydropower generation, clean energy
Recently, China Energy Construction Gezhouba Group signed a contract with Ethiopian National Electric Power Corporation for the restoration project of the Jibei-I hydropower station.
Project location
The project is located approximately 270km west of the southern part of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, and only 50km away from the largest city in the southwest of Oromia Region, Jima City. The main engineering content includes the design, supply, installation, updating, repair, and on-site testing of equipment such as butterfly valves, expansion joints, and pressure steel pipes, as well as the training of power station operators.
Due to the damage of the butterfly valve and pressure pipeline downstream of the spillway bottom hole of Jibei-I hydropower station, and the inability of the conical valve at the outlet to operate normally, the dam lost its water discharge function. The implementation of this repair project can not only ensure the safety of the Jibei-I hydropower station itself, but also ensure the normal power generation of the downstream Jibei-II and Jibei-III cascade power stations, avoiding the serious consequences of 23% of users in Ethiopia experiencing a one-year power outage. It is of great significance for the stability of the Ethiopian national power grid and ensuring the socio-economic development of Ethiopia.
The successful signing of this project further consolidates and deepens the trust and cooperation relationship between the company and Ethiopian National Electric Power Company, and is also another important achievement of the company in the Ethiopian market.
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