Sinohydro Logo


Zambia, the ITEZHI TEZHI Hydropower project


Description:  Install 2 units of vertical axis Kaplan turbine each having maximum capacity of 60 MW on the downstream of the existing Itezi Tezhi dam. The major Civil works involved will be:Construction of new steel lined 6 m diameter tunnel to feed the second unit.Construction of power house including excavation for power house.Station Transformer of 132/33 kV, 10 MVA capacity for local supply.Other components like switch yard, medium voltage switchboard, earthing & lightning protection, fibre optic telecommunication link, emergency diesel generator set, cable and cable trays, construction power, etc.
Owner:  : ITEZHI TEZHI Power Corporation (A TATA/ZESCO JV Co.).
Contractual amount : USD 156 million.
Time: must be completed by 2015.
Financier:  Partially financed by India’s EXIM Bank
→ next      Back to Related News