Power and performances of hydro turbines produced in
Japanese factory Hitachi as well as
other equipment that we have seen, belong to the cutting-edge equipment used in
hydro power plants and particularly in pumped-storage hydro power plants around
the world. Elektroprivreda Srbije is
determined to build the 656 MW pumped-storage hydro power plant Bistrica in
cooperation with the state and experience and technologies used in Japanese
companies such as Hitachi are
globally renowned and recognized in the field of hydro power – said Dušan
Živković, EPS JSC acting general manager, after his visit to the factory of Hitachi company.
Japanese experts presented the plant for material and
equipment testing, and the delegation which consisted of the representatives of
the Ministry of Mining and Energy and the project team of Energoprojekt hidroinženjering besides the representatives of EPS,
made a tour of a part of the factory manufacturing the equipment where the model
impellers and afterwards the impellers and the turbine equipment, as well, are produced.
The host showed many parts of the plant which are used in pumped-storage hydro
power plants.
