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turbine retrofit 500kw kaplan

Located in the City of Auburn, New York, on the Owasco River, this project involved the refurbishment of a dormant generating station. The scope included new civil, hydromechanical and electrical works, plus the procurement and installation of a new 500 kW turbine/generator.

Our work

Chant provided FEL support (concept solution) and design management services from the very early stage of project development.
Acted as permitting and connection agreement lead.
Produced pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for the municipal owner and the municipally engaged ESCO provider (Siemens)
Chant was the EPC contractor for the work.

HIGHLIGHTS

The project required legislative change to allow municipalities to both off-set embedded owned generation against purchases from the existing governing utility but also use the wires of that same utility to connect to the grid.
There was a multiplicity of stakeholders involved in the project, including adjacent residents.
Project successfully delivered on a lump sum EPC basis.