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Contractor chosen to supervise construction of hydroelectric station |
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
 Finland-based Poyry contactors
have been awarded a 3 million euro contract to supervise construction
of Mongolia’s largest hydroelectric station.
The project site is located
300 km north of Ulaanbaatar near the point where the Selenge River meets
Lake Baikal. Plans call for a 90 meter high dam and a 210 MW power station.
This project is the first large
hydropower station in Mongolia, increasing the country's electrical
generating capacity by 20 per cent. Officials hope this will reduce
the country’s dependence on expensive energy supplies from Siberia.
The plant will begin delivering electricity in 2013.
Poyry has been involved in
Mongolian hydro and thermal power issues for many years. Additionally,
Poyry has prepared numerous studies and plans for this project going
back to 1993.
The contract was awarded by
the Energy Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Fuel and
Energy of Mongolia.
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