Voith is to supply the complete electromechanical equipment for a pumped storage project in Thailand, in a €50 million contract awarded by Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand (EGAT).
The order for the extension of the Lam Ta Khong hydropower plant includes the supply of two motor-generators, two 255MW vertical pump turbines, the automation systems as well as the electrical and mechanical balance-of-plant systems. Equipment for the project will be produced at Voith Hydro's manufacturing and engineering facility in Shanghai, China.
The extension project will double the capacity of the pumped storage plant – once completed Lam Ta Khong will have a total capacity of 1000MW. The project is located on the Lam Ta Khong River, a tributary of the Mun River, 200 km northeast of the capital city of Bangkok. The first phase of the project with a total capacity of 500MW was initiated in 1995 and completed in 2001.
