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Friday, December 01, 2006

Hydro Work on target...Stator halves transported from Freetown Port to Bumbuna Site

 

On Sunday 19th November, 2006 SALCOST successfully carried out the transfer of part of the main equipment for the installation of the Bumbuna Falls Hydroelectric Project, stored at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Freetown since 1996. The Unit #1 Generator stator, divided into two halves each by 40 tons individually crated, has been moved by the Freetown harbour shed #3 early in the Sunday morning, after handling operation with cranes lasted two days. The equipment has been loaded onto two lowbed trailers and transported through the road to Mabonto, via Makeni, in a very delicate 9 hours trip. The convoy was led by the Sierra Leone Police, in order to control the traffic all the way to the Bumbuna Site. This transportation exercise on that day drew the attention of the civilian population along side the road eager to know the type and size of equipment on the trailers and their destination. The Bumbuna Falls Hydroelectric Project has the capacity to produce an average annual production of energy of about 300 GWh by means of two 25 MW Francis turbines coupled to synchronous electric generator units, linked to Freetown with a 205 km long high voltage transmission line. The Main Contractor Salini will like to take this opportunity to express his profound thanks and appreciation to the Government, the port and harbour management, the Police Authority and the entire people of Sierra Leone for their cooperation.

Link: Official Bumbuna Project website

Source: Hydro Work on target...Stator halves transported from Freetown Port to Bumbuna Site