Pihl to build hydropower plant in Greenland
The town of Ilulissat in Greenland can during 2012 and 2013 “put its present oil-heated combined heating and power station on the substitutes' bench” and introduce green energy.
Press Release 10 March 2010
The Greenlandic energy utility of Nukissiorfiit and Pihl have signed a contract for a new hydro power station to supply Ilulissat with electricity and electrical heating. The station will be producing about 65 GWh and will thereby be the country’s second largest station.
Experienced contractor in the construction of hydro power stations
Pihl has since the 1950’s built a number of hydro power stations in Iceland and Greenland and is presently building one in Panama also. For Nukissiorfiit, Pihl has built hydro power stations in Tasiilaq and Qorlortorsuaq in Greenland, and in November 2009 Nukissiorfiit began supplying electricity from a completely new hydro power station in Sisimiut.
‘Construction of hydro power stations is one of our earliest specialties, and Pihl employs a number of well qualified engineers and craftsmen with much experience in the field of construction of hydro power stations and tunnels. Many of them have worked in Greenland or in Iceland for many years and are accustomed to the extraordinary challenges that the Greenlandic climate and landscape pose for a contractor,’ says Kurt Carlsen, E. Pihl & Søn A.S.
‘ If you are in need of a particular spare part, you can’t just get it around the corner. Planning and logistics are therefore of vital importance. When unexpected situations occur on the site, the people working there must be able to improvise and be able to handle many different kinds of situations,’ adds Kurt Carlsen, who is looking forward to continuing the good cooperation with the energy utility on this new project in Ilulissat.
Apart from constructing hydro power stations in Greenland, Pihl has also carried out a number of building and civil engineering tasks, e.g. airports in Sisimiut, Qaanaaq and Paamiut, the University Park in Nuuk, offices and housing units in Nuuk and numerous ports in e.g. Ilulissat, Upernavik and Aasiaat.
Good for the environment and the energy budget
The new hydro power station is to supply electricity from a turbine as early as from 1 November 2012; and when the entire station is running in 2013, Ilulissat can “put its present oil-heated combined heating and power station on the substitutes' bench” and introduce green energy.
The station will be situated about 50 km north-east of Ilulissat. On this site it will be possible to take advantage of the drop height from a water reservoir which is 187 m above sea level. The water is led through an approx. 6 km long tunnel to a subterranean power station where three 7.5 MW turbines with generators are to convert the hydro power into electricity. Apart from the power station and blasting of the necessary tunnels, Pihl is also to construct a transmission line to Ilulissat, incl. sub-station.
Commencement of the works is planned to take place in June 2010.
For further information, please contact one of the below persons:
Project Director Bjørn Stefansson
Pihl & Søn Grønland ApS
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Tel. +45 4527 7200
Mobile +45 5137 6056
Director Kurt Carlsen
E. Pihl & Søn A.S.
Nybrovej 116
2800 Kgs Lyngby
Denmark
Tel. + 45 4527 7100
