Belgium utility EDF Luminus nv seeks bids for replacement of two turbine-generator units at the 9.15-MW Andenne hydroelectric project on Belgium’s Meuse River. Bids are due May 8.
EDF Luminus is a subsidiary of France’s EDF group that changed its name in 2011 from SPE N.V. It operates seven low-head hydroelectric projects totaling 92.85 MW. Six are on the Meuse River, Andenne, 22-MW Lixhe, 9.9-MW Ivoz-Ramet, 18-MW Monsin, 10-MW Ampsin-Neuville, and 5-MW Grand-Malades. The seventh, 800-kW Floriffoux, is on the Sambre River.
Luminus seeks bids to deliver and install replacements for two of Andenne’s three horizontal-axis Straflo units, with an option to replace the third. Work is to include design, supply, installation, and commissioning of the whole electro-mechanical package with anchoring parts, governor, generator with excitation cabinet and cooling, lube oil system, instrumentation, and control cabinet.
Tender documents may be obtained from the address below. Bids, in English, French, or Dutch, are due by noon May 8 to the address below.
For information, contact EDF Luminus nv, Markiesstraat 1, Attn.: Alex Van Coyghem, 1000 Brussels, Belgium; (32) 2-2137929; Fax: (32) 2-2185024; E-mail: [email protected]; Internet: www.edfluminus.be.
