Russian company "Technopromexport" won the tender for the construction of the Polotsk HPP

December 9, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Russian OJSC "Foreign Economic Association "Technopromexport" ("VEA "Technopromexport") has won the tender for the construction of the Polotsk HPP hydro-unit. The official message of OJSC "VEA "Technopromexport" was confirmed to a BELTA correspondent by Vladimir Pitalenko, Deputy General Director of Vitebsk Republican Unitary Enterprise of Electric Power Engineering "Vitebskenergo". The Polotsk HPP hydro-unit with a capacity of 22 MW will be built on the Western Dvina River. The cost of the contract work will be about $100 million. The Czech company Mavel will be the supplier of hydro units for the Polotsk HPP under the proposal accepted from "Technopromexport". A straight-through PIT Kaplan turbine will be installed at the hydro-unit. According to the manufacturers, the design of this turbine should prevent oil from entering the river water. As Vladimir Pitalenko reported, the contract with the Russian builders is expected to be signed by the end of the current year. The work is planned to be completed 4 years after the contract is signed. The construction of the Polotsk HPP is the first stage in the creation of a cascade of four hydroelectric power stations on the Western Dvina. It is planned to include the Vitebsk, Beshenkovichi, Polotsk and Verkhnedvinsk HPPs. The total installed capacity of the four hydroelectric power stations will be 125-130 MW. "Technopromexport" was founded in 1955 and is engaged in the construction of hydraulic, thermal, geothermal, diesel power plants, power transmission lines and substations. The total installed capacity of energy facilities commissioned with the company's participation in 50 countries exceeds 86 million kW. In 2006, it was transformed into an OJSC with a 100% state share. At the end of 2008, "Technopromexport" was transferred to the management of the State Corporation "Rostecnologies". -0-