Hydropower Plant pt. 2 Flashcards
____ is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 850 million cubic meter.
Angat Main
Angat Main (Angat Auxiliary units 1,2) underwent through rehabilitation & modernization during ______.
Angat Main (Angat Auxiliary unit 3)
consists of 1 unit of francis turbing with
GMW nameplate capacity
TOTAL CAPACITY: 218MW
LOCATION:___________
1989-1990
Norzagaray, Bulacan
SUPPLY SOURCES (INTERNATIONAL)
- Three Georges, China
- Itaipu, Brazil & Paraguay
- Xiluodu, China
- Guri, Venezuela
- Belo Monte, Brazil
- Tucurui, Brazil
- Grand Coulee, USA
- Xiangjiaba, China
- Sayano-sushenskaya, Russia
- Longtan, China
- World’s biggest hydropower station (22.5GW)
- Conventional impoundment hydropower
- facility on Yangtze River
- Owned and operated by __________
- Construction started in ______, completed in 2012
- Cost CNY203bn ($29bn)
- 181m-tall and 2,335m-long gravity dam
- 32 turbine/generator units (700MW each)
- 2 x 50MW power generators
Three Georges, China
China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC)
1993
Three Georges, China:
- 6 foreign groups supplied equipment, including ______
- Generating units commissioned between 2003 and 2012
- Annual power output: 85TWh
- Power supplied to _________, Including Shanghai
TOTAL CAPACITY: 22.25GW
PROJECT LOCATION:______ Hubei Province, China
Alstom
9 provinces and 2 cities
Yangtze River
- ___________
* The______ and the hydroelectric plant are on the Paraná River.
* The construction of the dam began in ________ and cost $19.6bn.
* The first unit began generating power in May 1984 and the second generating unit started operating the same year.
* Itaipu has 20 generating units, each with a capacity of 700MW.
TOTAL CAPACITY: 700MW
PROJECT LOCATION: Between Brazil and Paraguay
Itaipu, Brazil & Paraguay
Itaipu dam
February 1971
- The ____________, located on the Jinsha River in central Sichuan Province, China.
- Has an installed capacity of 13.86GW and features the world first ultra-high concrete double-curvature arch dam.
- Has 18 Francis turbine-generator units.
- Generates an average of 57.07TWh of power per year, transmitted to consumers through the _______ and ______.
Xiluodu hydropower plant
State Grid and China Southern Power Grid
- The ____ power project, also known as the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric power station, is located in southeastern Venezuela on the _____.
- _____________owns and operates the plant.
- Construction began in 1963 and was completed in two phases, with the first phase finished in 1978 and the second in 1986.
- The power plant consists of 20 generating
units with capacities ranging between
130MW and 770MW.
Guri power project
Caroni River
CVG Electrification del Caroni
- Guri, Venezuela
* Alstom was awarded contracts in 2007 and 2009 to refurbish four 400MW units and five 630MW units, respectively.
* Andritz received a contract in 2007 to supply five 770MW Francis turbines for the powerhouse II of Guri.
* The Guri power station supplies approximately 12,900GW/h of energy for Venezuela.
TOTAL CAPACITY: 10.2GW
PROJECT LOCATION: Orinoco, Venezuela
basahin mo na lang
- ___________
* The project is owned by a consortium called _______, which is led by Brazilian federal power utility Eletrobras with a 49.98% interest. Gala Energia e Participações (Gaia) held a 10.2% share in the consortium. In April 2011, Brazilian mining company Vale purchased 9.2% of Gaia’s share in the consortium for $1.4bn.
* First ________ unit began commercial operations in April 2016
* First power fed into the National Interconnected System (SIN) in April 2016
* Full commissioning expected in 2019
TOTAL CAPACITY: 9.38GW
PROJECT LOCATION: Xingu River, Pará state, Brazil
Belo Monte, Brazil
Norte Energia
turbine generator
Built in two phases, with production starting in 1984
Tucurui, Brazil
Tucurui, Brazil:
Phase 1 (completed in 1984):
* 78m tall and 12,500m long concrete gravity dam
* 12 generating units with 330MWcapacity each
* 2 auxiliary units with 25MW
Phase 2 (completed in 2010):
* New powerhouse with 11 generating units with 370MW capacity each
* Equipment supplied by Alstom, GE Hydro, Inepar-Fem, and Odebrecht
Tucurui, Brazil:
Delivers electricity to ______ and surrounding area
TOTAL CAPACITY: 8.37GW
PROJECT LOCATION: ________ in
Tucurui, Para, Brazil
Belém town
Tocantins River
- __________
* Annual generating capacity: over 14TWh
* Consists of _______and a concrete gravity dam (168m tall, 1,592m long)
* 18 Francis turbines rated 125MW and three 10MW additional units in the left and right power houses
* Third power plant consists of three 805MW units and three 600MW units
* Construction started in 1933, with phases completed in 1950 and 1980
Grand Coulee, USA
three power plants
- _______
* 162m-high dam with a crest elevation of 384m
* Reservoir area: 458,800km²
* Reservoir capacity: 5.163 billion cubic metres
* 8 units of 800MW each, with a total annual generating capacity of 20.88kWh (expected to increase to 33.09kWh in future)
* Various structures for flood discharge, diversion, power generation, and ship lift
* All 8 generating units operational since 2019
TOTAL CAPACITY: 6.4GW
PROJECT LOCATION: _____ Provinces, China
Xiangjiaba, China
Yunnan and Sichuan
- Operated by RusHydro, the plant started construction in 1963 and completed in 1978.
- The power station has an arch-gravity dam that is 242m tall and 1,066m long.
- It consists of ten Francis generating units
with a capacity of 640MW each generating 23.5TWh of energy a year.
Sayano-Shushenskaya
Sayano-Shushenskaya:
* ________ of the energy generated is delivered to four aluminium smelters in Siberia.
* The plant was temporarily shut down in 2009 due to an accident and reopened in 2010 after the issues were fixed.
* Ten new units with ____________ are planned to be installed at the plant, estimated to cost $1.4bn.
TOTAL CAPACITY: 6.4GW
PROJECT LOCATION: Yenisei River in Sayanogorsk, Khakassia, Russia.
70%
96.6% efficiency
- The ________ project, located on the Hongshui River in Tian’e County, Guangxi, China, is a massive hydroelectric power station that ranks as the 6th largest in Asia.
- Nine Francis 700MW generating units, making it a significant source of power
- A 216.5m high and 832m wide roller-compacted concrete gravity dam, a marvel of engineering
- Ownership and operation by _________, with design by Hydrochina Zhongnan Engineering and construction by Sinohydro
Longtan hydropower
Longtan Hydropower Development
Longtan, China:
* A construction timeline that began ________, with the first unit commissioned in the same year and full operation achieved in ______
* Turbine generators supplied by renowned companies Volth, Dongfang, Harbin, and Tianjin
* An estimated annual generating capacity of 18.7TWh, making it a substantial contributor to the region’s energy needs
TOTAL CAPACITY: 6.3GW
PROJECT LOCATION: Hongshui River in Tian’s County, Guangxi, China
May 2007
2009
Highest Capacity of Hydroelectric Power Plants in the Philippines:
Luzon: ___________ Ramon Isabela (MW)
Visayas: __________ Madalag, Aklan
Mindanao: __________ Santiago, Bukidnon
Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant (360MW)
Timbaban Hydroelectric Power Plant (18.869MW)
Manolo Fortich 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant (45.936)
Total Capacity of Hydroelectric Power Plants in the Philippines:
Luzon: ___________
Visayas: __________
Mindanao: __________
931.241MW
49.517MW
193.13MW
________ had the largest cumulative renewable electricity with a total of 1,393.8 GW in 2022 (38% of the total renewable energy in 2022), 1411.3 GW in 2023, and it is forecasted to grow upto 1765.9 GW in 2030 (16% of the forecasted total renewable energy in 2030).
Hydropower
In 2022, the generation of hydroelectricity rose by over ________. With more electricity produced than all other renewable technologies, hydropower is still the most significant renewable energy source. Hydropower maintains an average yearly generation growth rate of around ____ in 2023-2030 to provide about 5,500 TWh of energy annually
70 TWh
4%
________is the major contributor of hydropower amounting to 34GW from 1991-2000, 137GW from 2001-2010, and 152GW from 2011-2020. provides the largest share of global electricity demand growth in terms of volume, but India posts the fastest growth rate through 2026 among major economies. Following a 7% increase in India’s electricity demand in 2023, we expect growth above 6% on average annually until 2026, supported by strong economic activity and expanding ownership of conditioners.
China