Theun - Hinboun Hydropower Expansion Project 440 MW

THEUN - HINBOUN Expansion Project includes an expansion of the 220-MW Theun-Hinboun complex and the construction of the new 60-MW Nam Gnouang hydropower plant linked to a storage reservoir through Nam Gnouang Dam.

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Project: Theun - Hinboun Expansion Project
Company: ATB Riva Calzoni
Location: Laos
Category: Hydropower Project
Customer: CMC
End User: THPC
Period: 2009-2012

Both new powerhouses were commissioned in late 2012 and the hydropower project was inaugurated in January 2013.

List of main equipment:

  • 3 penstocks
  • 5 spillway radial gates
  • 3 power intake gates
  • 1 bottom outlet steel lining
  • 1 bottom outlet gate
  • 3 draft tube gates
  • Stoplogs, Trashracks and Cranes