Projects

Kadurugaldola Mini Hydro Power Project

CONSTRUCTION OF 1.6MW KADURUGALDOLA MINI HYDROPOWER PROJECT

  • Client: Eco-Friendly Power Developers (Private) Limited
  • Date of commencement: February, 2012
  • Date of completion: August, 2013

The scope of this project comprised the construction of a concrete weir across the Kadurugaldola watercourse, a high-head penstock pipeline 970m in length with a head difference of 126m and a powerhouse to accommodate two turbines and two 800kw generators for a total power generating capacity of 1.6MW, together with a 500m transmission line, anchor blocks and piers, and chemical anchoring. The project was situated in difficult terrain and demanded laborious, large-scale manual excavations. In addition to conventional blasting, rock splitter and chemical-blasting techniques were used to remove large rock boulders.