Slovenia's Litostroj Power signs 19 mln euro deal to deliver equipment to Mokrice HPP

The deal was signed with the plant owner, Hidroelektrane na Spodnji Savi (HESS), and includes the delivery of three horizontal bulb units with a runner of 4.8 metres in diameter as well as all the auxiliary systems, Litostroj Power said in a statement last week.

Mokrice will be the fifth and last hydro power plant in the Lower Sava cascade located just before Slovenia's border with Croatia. The cascade will have an installed capacity of 187 MW.

Litostroj Power has 50 months to fulfil the contract for Mokrice, including the installation and testing of the equipment.

The company said it has also supplied equipment for the remaining four plants in this cascade - Bostanj, Arto-Blanca, Krsko, and Brezice.

"The project of the new hydro power station Mokrice was adjusted several times to perfectly meet all the demanding conditions for a fully ecological operation without any adverse impact on the ecosystems of the Sava and Krka rivers," Litostroj Power said.

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