Implementation of the 8.6MW Gogo Hydropower Redevelopment Project

Requested Consulting Services: 

 

Currently, the Gogo hydropower plant has an installed capacity of 2 MW with two (2) power plant units of 1 MW each. The proposed project is concerned with the redevelopment of the Gogo hydropower plant with a capacity of 8.6 MW.

The scope of the project includes but is not limited to the following activities:

1. Desilting of the Dam 

2. Diversion of the water flow to facilitate works on the dam and bottom of the ground outlet, spillway, intake, e-flow turbine.

3. Refurbishing of existing spillway including installation of flashboards to increase level of reservoir.

4. Installation of new spillway gates with flaps, ecological flow turbine as an option, bottom outlet and new intake structures and associated hydro electro-mechanical equipment.

5. Construction of a new waterway as a tunnel of approximate 440m length and 3.6m diameter including the surge tank and associated facilities. 

6. Construction of a new Steel Penstock complete with bifurcation of approximate 85m length.

7. Construction of a new Powerhouse equipped with turbines with an installed capacity of at least 8.6MW, generators, transformers, tailrace, controls and protection, and all associated auxiliary and ancillary equipment.

8. Construction of a new 11/33 kV substation and 33kv dedicated power evacuation  line of approximately 26km.

9. All the associated civil and  structural  works related to this project.

10. Decommissioning, closing, and securing the existing hydropower structures.