RusHydro: At the construction of the Tower SHPP, the construction of the head unit has begun

The small HPP Tower is being built on the Argun River (Terek river basin) in the Itum-Kalinsky district near the village of Guchum-Kale. The design capacity of the Tower SHPP will be 10 MW, the station will generate 52.7 million kWh of environmentally friendly, renewable electricity per year. Commissioning of the tower is scheduled for 2024.

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March 20 -- RusHydro issued the following news release:

In the Chechen Republic, the concreting of the structures of the head water intake unit of the Small Tower HPP has begun. The plant construction project is being implemented by RusHydro as part of the state program to support renewable energy.

The main water intake unit ensures the intake of water from the Argun River, its cleaning from sand and subsequent supply to the diversion tunnel of the hydroelectric power station. The head end facilities include a concrete dam, a spillway and a sump.

The construction of the Tower HPP is proceeding according to the schedule. The tunneling of the diversion tunnel continues, and the construction of a bridge over the Argun River is at the final stage. The construction of a mudflow protection wall at the pressure-station junction has begun, after completion of which the development of the excavation of the HPP building will begin. More than 50 people and more than 20 pieces of equipment are involved in the construction work. Russian enterprises manufacture hydraulic power equipment - turbines and generators. Commissioning of the Tower SHPP is scheduled for 2024.

The small HPP Tower is being built on the Argun River (Terek river basin) in the Itum-Kalinsky district near the village of Guchum-Kale. In this section, the river has a large vertical drop (40 meters over 1.4 km), which increases the efficiency of the future hydroelectric power station. The station got its name from the Ushkaloy twin towers of the 12th century, which are located upstream.

The new hydroelectric power plant will be the largest hydropower facility in the Chechen Republic and RusHydro's first project in the region. The design capacity of the Tower SHPP will be 10 MW, the station will generate 52.7 million kWh of environmentally friendly, renewable electricity per year, which will be sent to the energy system of the republic.

Specialists of the RusHydro Group's Hydroproject Institute designed an efficient plant with minimal environmental impact. Tower SHPP is created according to the diversion scheme, which excludes land flooding. The structures of the new hydroelectric power plant will include a main water intake unit, a diversion tunnel, a penstock, pressure conduits and a hydropower plant building with two hydroelectric units.

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Source: RusHydro

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