Lilama10: striving for bringing machine unit 3 of Lai Chau hydro power plant to generate electricity as per defined schedule

27/08/2016 10:37

To assure the schedule of completing the entire plant in the end of year 2016, and despite of this pressure, up to now Lilama 10' staff in the construction site are racing against time, striving for accomplishing the work of assembling and installing equipment of turbine, generator to come to install Rotor for machine unit 3 on 06/09/2016 so that it can generate electricity in the end of 11/2016.

Up to now, Lilama 10 has finished by 95% of the work volume for machine unit 3, namely: Stator is being completed at final stage for drying and high voltage test, Rotor has been assembled and tested for high voltage already; Magnetic pole is being painted for finish, Turbine has been assembled and its wheel, axis have been installed already, others are being urgently fulfilled to strive for installing Rotor on 6/09/2016.

Besides, the works of installing electrical equipment, auxiliaries are now being performed so as to assure the schedule of generating electricity for machine unit 3 in the end of November 2016. At the same time, machine units 1 & 2 are generating commercial power stably, safely. The plant will be finished as per anticipated time, in the end of 2016 “a year ahead of schedule”.

Lai Chau hydro power plant having 03 machine units with total capacity of 1,200MW is being built in Nam Nhun district, Lai Chau province. Together with Hoa Binh hydro power plant (1,920MW) and Son La hydro power plant (2,400MW), when the Lai Chau is finished and put into operation, total capacity of hydro power plants on Da River will achieve approximately 6,500MW, contributing about 25 billion kWh of electricity and bringing in the power productivity value of USD1.2-1.3 billion per year.

Some photos of assembling and installing machine unit 3: