SinoHydro Creates Records in Hydropower Construction With Capacity Surpassing 10 Gigawatts in 2008

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In the past year, SinoHydro Corporation (Beijing) obtained several records in hydropower construction, especially in the installation and commissioning of mechanical and electrical equipment. Following the record-high annual installation capacity of 6 gigawatts (GW) in 2007, the total installed capacity of hydropower units erected by SinoHydro surpassed 10 GW to 11.24 GW in 2008. To date, the total accumulative installed capacity of SinoHydro surpasses 100 GW, SinoHydro announced on January 7, 2009.

Despite the damages caused by the snow disaster in southern China at the beginning of last year and the damage caused by the May 12, 2008, earthquake to projects contracted by SinoHydro, various construction objectives of the company were fulfilled as scheduled, achieving excellent results both in the number of units and the installed capacity.

In 2008, excepting the continuous commissioning of huge turbine-generating units of 700 megawatts (MW) each at the Three Gorges and Longtan projects, SinoHydro also achieved the objective of commissioning five units of 350 MW each at the Pengshui Hydropower Station within the 10 months from the synchronization of the first unit to the commercial operation of Unit 5, which created the fastest speed for the continuous commissioning of large hydro units. At the Guangzhao Hydropower Station on the Beipan River in Guizhou province, four units of 260 MW each were successfully commissioned in one year. SinoHydro contracted the first 1-GW pump-storage project, Yixing Pump-Storage Power Station, and created the new record for the successful commissioning of four units of 250 MW in one year. The company also contracted the Changzhou Water Conservancy Project in the Guangxi region and obtained the record for successful commissioning of nine bulb-type turbine units in one year.

In addition to the achievements in the domestic market, SinoHydro also achieved the objective of successful commissioning of four units of 100 MW each for the Ruilijiang No.1 Hydropower Station in Burma, two 39-MW hydro units in India, and three 81-MW hydro units in Pakistan in 2008.

Through practice and technical expertise in the erection of various kinds of units, SinoHydro has established a complete qualification chain for the installation and commissioning of mechanical and electrical equipment in the hydropower sector and is actively expanding in non-hydropower markets such as operation and maintenance, wind power and thermal power sectors.

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