Voith has secured a contract from Manitoba Hydro to equip the Keeyask generating station in Canada.
Scope of the contract includes the design, supply and installation of seven new hydroelectric vertical propeller turbine generator units.
Located in Northern Manitoba, on the lower Nelson River, the Keeyask generating station is being developed by the Keeyask Hydropower Limited Partnership.
The partnership is a venture between Manitoba Hydro and four Manitoba First Nations: Tataskweyak Cree Nation, War Lake First Nation, York Factory First Nation, and Fox Lake Cree Nation.
Upon completion, the Keeyask station will provide about 695MW of capacity and produce an average of 4,400 gigawatt hours of renewable hydroelectricity per year.
The first unit is expected to become operational in 2019.
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By GlobalDataVoith Hydro Canada president and CEO Bill Malus said: "Voith is very proud to be a part of this exciting new hydropower development.
"We are especially proud to be associated with a project that is being developed collaboratively between a utility and four First Nations to provide long-term energy supply to present and future generations."
Canada’s hydropower installed capacity amounts to 73GW and its share of the country’s total energy supply is about 65%.
Voith said Canada’s hydropower potential – more than double the current capacity – can help meet electricity demands and reduce greenhouse gases as well as air pollutants.
