HYDROELECTRIC POWER


SANT PONÇ HPP

Hydroelectric Power

Project

Sant Ponç Hydroelectric Power Plant

Client

Electra Cardener

Year

2002*

 

The hydroelectric power station of Sant Ponç is located at the foot of the dam of the same name, whose use is the storage of water supply for the city of Barcelona.

The project involved the installation design of a system of submerged grids installed on the back-dam, modification of the connecting pipe in the body dam, installation of a bureau valve for closing the circuit, installation of the penstock of 45 m-length and the construction of the power house, electromechanical equipment and electrical facilities.

The design flow of the plant is 5.0 m³/s, with a gross head of 47.4 m and an installed capacity of 2 MW, equipped with two Francis turbines with horizontal axis. The voltage network is 25 kV.

TASKS
Basic and concessional projects, construction project and supervision of works.

(*) Project carried out by the ERH partners