Generating Units Rehabilitation Project for Jupia and Ilha Solteira Hydropower Stations in Brazil Launched

Recently, the first power generating units in Jupia and Ilha Solteira hydropower stations have been shut down for upgrading, which marks the beginning of the rehabilitation project of the power units at CTG’s two power stations. The technological upgrading can effectively lower the operation and maintenance risks, improve the availability of equipment, accelerate the modernization of power plants and increase asset value.

Brazil is an important market for CTG in South America. At the end of 2015, CTG won the bid for the 30-year concession of Jupia and Ilha Solteira hydropower stations with a total installed capacity of 5 GW. The technical upgrading of these two hydro-power stations is an important part of CTG’s effort to further develop the Brazilian market. During the last eight months since the signing of the technological upgrading contract of the first batch of generating units  in March this year, technical staff, Chinese and Brazilian technicians, held multiple design liaison meetings and ad hoc technical meetings to discuss with the bid-winning company Voith and visited factories to learn about in-depth equipment manufacturing techniques and strictly control equipment manufacturing quality. At present, all work progressed steadily in an orderly manner. With the shutdown of the first units of two power stations, the focus of the equipment technological upgrading will gradually shift to equipment installation and commission-ing on site.