Poyry Bags Supervision Contract For Two Hydropower Plants In Albania

Published: 04-Mar-2010

Poyry has bagged a site supervision contract for the Ashta run-of-river power plants in Albania from Energji Ashta, a subsidiary of Verbund International. The value of the contract is about EUR3.4m.

The Ashta hydropower plants are located on the river Drin in the district of Shkoder in north-western Albania. The power plants consist of two stages, Ashta I and Ashta II, which are the final power plant steps in a cascade of three existing power plants. The overall design capacity of the plants is over 50MW and the forecasted annual energy generation is 230GWh.

Poyry already performed the conceptual, approval and tender design. The site supervision services will start in March 2010 and shall be completed in December 2012. The services cover the supervision of construction works and the assembling of electro-mechanical equipment on site.

Poyry is a consulting and engineering company, and its expertise extends to the ?elds of industry, energy, urban and mobility, and water and environment.

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