While Ca Nan 2 Hydropower Plant is completing final stages to prepare for the grid connection, Ca Nan 1 Hydropower Plant is also urgently completing main items before this year’s rainy season comes.
Items on site are being urgently performed
Ca Nan 1 Hydropower Project and Ca Nan 2 Hydropower Project are longing to the project chain of Ca Nan Hydropower Project invested by subsidiaries of SCI JSC who plays the roles as Employer cum Main Contractor. Such project is constructed in Tang Phan village, Na Ngoi commune, Ky Son district, Nghe An province that is designed with capacity of 7MW, average annual power output of 28.51 million KWh. The plant is structured of reinforcement concrete M250 on the surface of IB rock layer. Ca Nan 1 Hydropower Plant is expected to connect to grid for commercial generation in the first quarter of 2019.
Super-hot weather combined with hot dry westerly wind these days in Ky Son district have created very high range of temperature that is from 35 to 37oC. Besides, the exothermic reaction from concrete blocks during daytime at Ca Nan 1 site can raise the temperature up to 40oC. However, SCI staffs still work continuously on site in order to complete the main items before rainy season coming.
Site teams are working three shifts a day
Currently, the box culvert has been constructed by 7 teams in 3 consecutive shifts; the head works are constructed by 5 excavators, 03 auxiliary crane in stage of spillway concrete replacement, sand discharge culvert & intake and main dam; in the meantime, the concrete replacement for main water channel, surge tower and penstock are under constructed as per schedule of foundation excavation; also foundation excavation at stage 1 and power station foundation are under execution. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Quy, construction manager of Ca Nan 1 project said: 'As per targeted schedule, the plant will connect to grid in 9 months later but in fact, it is only two months since the rainy season is coming close and the construction will be disturb, especially for the project such as Ca Nan 1 with the height more than 500m above sea level, mountain roads which are difficult for vehicles to access. Therefore, we are working both in day time and night time at our best efforts to complete all main works before the rain season comes'.
According to site's leaders, site teams have completed 2/3 of the project items. In the coming time, SCI staffs shall put their best efforts so that Ca Nan 2 Hydropower Plant can connect to grid in the first quarter of 2019 as planned.
