The turbine contract, which was signed on January 22, 2003 by representatives of Voith Siemens Hydro – Shanghai and Dong Fang, has an order volume of €81 million,  with the two consortium partners having approximately equal shares.

Voith Siemens Hydro as part of its scope in this project will provide the design, will supply part of the turbines from its Shanghai facility, and will manage the site-manufacture of five of the seven runners. Since the size of these 8 m turbine runners exceeds the transport limitations to the project location, they will be manufactured in a specially erected facility at the project site.

Dong Fang will manufacture the balance of the equipment.

The Longtan project, located on Hongshui River, a tributary of the Pearl River, will be among the world’s largest hydro-power projects. The project is internally financed in China.

Following start of generation at Longtan in 2007 the energy from this project will be transmitted to Guangdong, Hong Kong and to Guangxi.

Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation is a Group Division of Voith and - with a workforce of around 2,400 employees and an annual turnover of over 600 Mio. € in the last fiscal year - is one of the worldwide leading companies for hydro power equipment.

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