The Vitebsk hydroelectric power station is to be built at the Zapadnaya Dvina River by 2019 with the assistance of a Chinese company
This is envisaged by the Decree ‘On the Construction of the Vitebsk hydroelectric power station at the Zapadnaya Dvina River’, signed by President Alexander Lukashenko on May 16th. According to the Decree, the Vitebsk hydroelectric power station will be built by January 1st, 2019, in line with the contract concluded between Vitebskenergo and China National Electric Engineering Co., Ltd.
Design of new hydroelectric power station
The power station will comprise four hydroelectric units with a total installed generating capacity of 40MW. The contract envisages designing, supplying, and installing the equipment, start-up and commissioning operations, testing, technical maintenance during the warranty period, personnel training, organisational and technical measures, as well as the preparation of permit documents and the overall commissioning of the installation.
The hydroelectric power plant station will cost $189.55 million without VAT and customs duties. The project will be financed with loans from the China Development Bank and proprietary resources of Vitebskenergo.
Belarusian design, construction and installation companies will be able to perform services worth at least 30 percent of the total cost of the contract by offering design services, construction, installation, tuning work and by supplying materials.
