Voith has been awarded a Euro 50 million contract by EGAT. The contract includes the supply of two motor-generators, two 255 MW vertical pump turbines, the automation systems, as well as the electrical and mechanical balance-of-plant (BoP) systems. The equipment will be used for the extension of the Lam Ta Khong hydropower plant which once installed will increase the generation capacity to 1,000 MW. The project is located on the Lam Ta Khong river. Phase I of the project, which has a capacity of 500 MW, was initiated in 1995 and completed in 2001.
