Aker Solutions Wins Hydropower Contract for 150 MW Tussa II Plant

Aker Solutions has been awarded a sizeable declaration by Tussa Energi to proviso each electromechanical instrumentality for the Tussa II hydropower plant, a 150 MW installation that volition importantly grow generating capableness astatine the existing Tussa hydropower analyzable successful occidental Norway.

The contract, valued betwixt NOK 500 cardinal and NOK 1.5 cardinal nether Aker Solutions' classification, covers the transportation of inlet pipes, 2 75 MW Pelton turbines, generators, power systems, cooling and drainage systems, high-voltage equipment, and transformers. The bid volition beryllium recorded successful the company's "Other" conception during the 2nd 4th of 2026.

The Tussa II task is designed to harness the elevation driblet betwixt the Tyssevatn reservoir, located astir 637 meters supra oversea level, and Storfjorden, expanding installed capableness from the existent 64 MW to 150 MW. Once the caller works enters service, the existing hydropower station—now much than six decades old—will beryllium modernized and retained arsenic supplementary generating capacity.

Project transportation is scheduled for 2030.

Aker Solutions said the task has been developed done aboriginal collaboration with Tussa Energi, engineering advisor Norconsult, and civilian works contractor Aurstad Tunnel utilizing an alliance-inspired transportation exemplary that brings suppliers into the task during its aboriginal plan stages.

The institution said the attack helped make method solutions aimed astatine improving works efficiency, expanding procreation capacity, and enhancing operational flexibility to respond to evolving energy marketplace conditions.

Norway generates the immense bulk of its energy from hydropower, making upgrades and expansions of existing hydro assets a cardinal portion of the country's strategy to fortify renewable energy proviso without gathering wholly caller reservoirs. Modernization projects specified arsenic Tussa II are intended to boost output and amended grid flexibility arsenic energy request grows from concern electrification and the broader vigor transition.

By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com

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