HDEC

In the afternoon of December 7, POWERCHINA Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited ("HDEC") and Nigerian Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited ("Mainstream") jointly signed the contract which covers the rehabilitation of the Unit 9 (80 MW) and the installation of units 3 and 4 (110 MW each) for Kainji Hydropower Station in Nigeria. Hu Dingguo, General Manager of HDEC Central and West Africa Region, and Lamu Audu, General Manager of Mainstream, completed the contract signing on behalf of the two parties in Nigeria. Officials of Nigerian Ministry of Electricity, Mainstream Chairman Colonel Sani Bello, Mainstream Executive Director Siraji Abdullahi, and Nigerian Country Representative of POWERCHINA Group Tian Yuan attended the signing ceremony. Shi Leiming, General Manager of HDEC, delivered a speech via video conference, and Liu Minghua, Deputy General Manager of HDEC, attended the ceremony virtually in a branch venue in China.

branch venue in Hangzhou, China

The project is located in New Busa Town of Niger State, approximately 500 kilometers far from the capital city Abuja. The scope of main work includes: (1) Unit 3 and 4 installation projects: installation of two 110MW turbine-generator units and design, manufacture, supply, installation, commissioning and trial operation work and related civil works of auxiliary equipment of. (2) Unit 9 rehabilitation project: design, repair, supply, installation, commissioning and trial operation of the turbine-generator units and related auxiliary equipment of Unit 9.

Kainji Hydropower Station is the largest water conservancy project in Nigeria. It was built from 1960s with a total installed capacity of 760MW. In 2013, Mainstream obtained the 25-year concession right of Kainji Hydropower Station and its downstream Jebba Hydropower Station (total installed capacity of 578MW). It is currently the most influential hydropower operator in Nigeria.

It is the second time that HDEC successfully signed contracts of the Kainji Hydropower Station, after signing the Unit 5, 6 and 12 reconstruction contract in 2011. Defeating a series of well-known hydropower contractors in Europe and America in bidding process, HDEC consolidated its leading position in Nigeria’s power energy sector and demonstrated the company’s comprehensive competitiveness in the local power market. It is an essentially important milestone that we set in the market development in Nigeria.

Signing Ceremony in Nigeria