Andritz Hydro is to supply the electro-mechanical equipment and penstock for the new 880MW Gouvães pumped storage plant in Portugal in a EUR 140 million contract awarded by Spanish energy utility Iberdrola Generacion.

Andritz Hydro is to supply the electro-mechanical equipment and penstock for the new 880MW Gouvães pumped storage plant in Portugal in a EUR 140 million contract awarded by Spanish energy utility Iberdrola Generacion.

The deal includes design, manufacturing, supply, and installation supervision for the complete electro and hydro-mechanical equipment, including reversible pump turbines, motor generators, and electrical power systems, as well as design, manufacturing, supply, and complete installation of a penstock (including three bifurcators) with a total weight of about 12,000 tons, an average diameter of about 5400mm and a length of 2.5km. 

With four pump turbines with a capacity of 220MW each, Gouvães will be the heart of a new 1200MW hydroelectric generation and storage scheme consisting of three power stations. It will be built on the Támega River in Northern Portugal, close to the city of Porto.

This is the third large contract between Iberdrola Generacion and Andritz Hydro on the Iberian Peninsula, after having received the contracts for the equipment deliveries for the San Pedro II hydropower plant in 2011 and modernization of the Aldeadávila hydropower plant in 2014.