Voith, in a consortium with Elecnor SA, has been awarded a EUR58M contract to modernize generators and turbines at the Inga I hydropower station in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The scope of the contract includes a comprehensive rehabilitation program for two generator-turbine units inside the hydropower station. The plant entered service at the beginning of the 1970s and has since then completed nearly 260,000 operating hours.
The contract with the national electricity supplier Société Nationale d'Électricité (SNEL) was signed on 24 May 2013. Voith leads the consortium with 53% of the shares.
