RUDIS with Končar will reconstruct the Hydro-Power Plant Plave 1 on the Soča River
The Director of Soške elektrarne Nova Gorica, Mr. Vladimir Gabrijelčič, and the General Manager of RUDIS, M.Sc. Andrej Gorjup, signed the Contract for the supply and erection of generators for HPP Plave 1 on 30th December 2014
HPP Plave 1 is an accumulation derivational Hydro-Power Plant. Jointly with the HPP Plave 2 it operates depending on the available discharges at base load or peak load, synchronized with the front end HPP Doblar. HPP Plave 1 had been in operation since the year 1940. A thorough and complete overhaul of the electrical equipment is essential for the reliable and safe operation of aggregates and the HPP as a whole in the future. The second phase of reconstruction of HPP Plave 1 consists mainly of replacement of generators with excitation systems and clapped-out electrical equipment (transformer block, MW switchgear, own use), placed in the premises of machine house cavern and in auxiliary premises of existing buildings. In accordance with Contract’s stipulations the generator 2 will be replaced first and will be followed by generator 1.
The contract works will be performed in the way, that one unit operates throughout; exception is interruption of operation of both units of approximately 5.5 months. The contractual works include the project documentation elaboration, dismantling of existing equipment, manufacturing, delivery and erection of new equipment as well as commissioning and trial run of the following items of two generators with excitation systems (LOT G):
- Generators,
- Excitation system,
- Generator terminals and neutral point housing,
- Closed cooling system,
- Sensors for generator monitoring system.
