Pöyry receives EUR6.1m contract for hydro power scheme in Sri Lanka

Finland-based Pöyry has been awarded a EUR6.1m contract for feasibility studies, design and construction supervision of the Uma Oya hydropower project in Sri Lanka. The project consists of two dams and more than 15km of water conveyance tunnels, a 700m deep shaft and an underground powerhouse with two Pelton turbines of total 150MW installed capacity. Its EPC contractor is Farab International of Dubai, UAE.

Uma Oya’s hydropower scheme is part of a wider Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project by the Ministry of Irrigation of Sri Lanka. The larger project combines the hydropower schemes and irrigation in a sustainable way. The project water will be diverted from the wet central highlands into the dryer southern part of Sri Lanka for irrigation and human consumption and will use the available head of over 700m for energy generation, according to a company statement.

The project schedule envisages the immediate start of the study work while the design phase is planned for completion by the end 2011. The main construction activities are scheduled to start in early 2011. Commissioning is scheduled to take place in early 2016.