Corani 5
- Country: Bolivia
- Rated power: 15 MW new power plant
- Investment cost: $12,000,000
- Our service: design & construction
- Gross head: 650 m
- Rated flow: 2,80 m3/s
- Technology: 1 x Pelton turbine horizontal
- Client: Bolivian national distribution company ENDE
Project overview
After experiencing a huge delay and neglectful preparation stage, this project was turned over to our staff. Under our leadership, we redesigned the plant from scratch and oversaw its construction, which was successfully completed in August 2018.
Scheme
lake Corani → tunnel in rock 500 m → surge tank → steel penstock 3 km → power house → outlet channel 200 m → reservoir for water accumulation → outlet to another power plant