Pöyry awarded detailed design services assignment for Hydroelectric Power Plant, Turkey

PÖYRY PLC     Press Release 6 June 2016 9.00 am (EEST)

Pöyry awarded detailed design services assignment for Hydroelectric Power Plant, Turkey

Kalehan Genç Enerji Üretim A.S. has awarded Pöyry the detailed design services assignment for the Lower Kaleköy Hydroelectric Power Plant and Dam in Turkey. The assignment includes the execution of the detail design for the civil engineering of the powerhouse, and structural reviews, including the roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam, power intake and penstocks, piano-key weir spillway solution, diversion structures with two tunnels and bottom outlet.

The four projects at the Beyhan and Kaleköy cascade are being developed by the same private investors. The installed capacity of the Lower Kaleköy plant will be 500 MW with an annual generation of around 1200 GWh. The detail design will be executed jointly with the Consortium partner Temelsu up to end of 2017.

"We are proud to be working on this landmark project. Ranked in the global top 10 of power generation engineering companies, Pöyry has a proven track record of delivering sustainable hydropower solutions around the world and improving client's return on investments," says Ernst Zeller, Pöyry's Regional Director for the Energy Business Group, Austria.

The value of the order is not disclosed . The order will be recognised within the Energy Business Group order stock in Q2/2016.

Additional information by:

Ernst Zeller
Regional Director, Energy Business Group, Austria
Tel +43 1 53605 54725

Enver Abiral
Head of Hydropower, Energy Business Group, Turkey  
Tel +90 530 068 9555

Markku Oksanen
Vice-President, Hydropower, Energy Business Group
Tel +358 10 3326735

Pöyry is an international consulting and engineering company. We serve clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provide local services in our core markets. We deliver management consulting and engineering services, underpinned by strong project implementation capability and expertise. Our focus sectors are power generation, transmission & distribution, forest industry, chemicals & biorefining, mining & metals, transportation and water. Pöyry has an extensive local office network employing about 6,000 experts. Pöyry's net sales in 2015 were EUR 575 million and the company's shares are quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki (Pöyry PLC: POY1V).