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Middle Marsyangdi Hydro

The Middle Marsyangdi Hydroelectric Power Plant is a 72 MW hydropower plant under construction in Nepal. DYWIDAG International GmbH led the construction effort, which included building an intake structure, spillway, rockfill dam with clay core, tunnels, surge tank, and powerhouse. Over 838,500 cubic meters of material was excavated for the project, including 470,000 cubic meters of underground structures. A key aspect was excavating a 5,133 meter long headrace tunnel with a diameter of 6.40 meters to carry water to the powerhouse.

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Middle Marsyangdi Hydro

The Middle Marsyangdi Hydroelectric Power Plant is a 72 MW hydropower plant under construction in Nepal. DYWIDAG International GmbH led the construction effort, which included building an intake structure, spillway, rockfill dam with clay core, tunnels, surge tank, and powerhouse. Over 838,500 cubic meters of material was excavated for the project, including 470,000 cubic meters of underground structures. A key aspect was excavating a 5,133 meter long headrace tunnel with a diameter of 6.40 meters to carry water to the powerhouse.

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MIDDLE MARSYANGDI HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT

NEPAL

Client: Nepal Electricity Authority Lalitpur, Kathmandu / Nepal Architect / Planner: Value of Contract: EUR 195.55 million Share: 90% (DYWIDAG International GmbH) Technical / Commercial Management: DYWIDAG International GmbH Joint Venture Partner: Dragados CWE Construction Period: 06/2001 11/2008

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Construction of a hydroelectric power plant with an installed capacity of 72 MW, processed by two vertical Francis turbines at a gross head of approx 108 m. The mean annual production is planned to be approx. 400 GWh. The contract included open cut excavation, construction of intake concrete structure, spillway concrete structure, upstream and downstream concrete wing walls, stilling basin, rockfill dam with clay core, control building, excavation and concrete / shotcrete lining of diversion tunnel, excavation and concrete lining for several tunnels and surge tank, valve chamber, powerhouse structure with tailrace outlet for Francis turbines

PROJECT DATA:
Excavation volume 838,500 m thereof underground structures 470,000 m Tunnel excavation 8,500 m Excavation of power tunnel (Headrace Tunnel) with diameter 6.40 m of approx. 5,133 m total length Underground Cavern Excavation 154,000 m 3 underground caverns each of max. length of 160 m, max. width of 15 m and max. height of 27 m

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