Voith Hydro Receives Major Order from Russia

IndustrialsIndustrial Goods ♦ Published: September 29, 2011; 15:42 ♦ (Vindobona)

The plant manufacturer was awarded a contract for modernization of a Russian hydro power station. Presence in the country will be expanded through a joint venture.

Voith Hydro Receives Major Order from Russia / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The hydro power specialist Voith Hydro St. Pölten and the Russian utility RusHydro have signed a contract for the modernization of Saratovskaya hydro power station. It became effective in September 2011.

This modernization represents one of the largest ever individual orders of Voith Hydro St. Pölten. With a runner diameter of 10.3 meters, the Kaplan turbines of the hydro power…