Merwin is a 136MW hydro power project. It is located on Lewis river/basin in Washington, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1931. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by PacifiCorp with a stake of 100%.
Merwin is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 520.22 million cubic meter. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 3 in number. The penstock length is 45.72m. The penstock diameter is 4.755m.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1931.
Contractors involved
Voith Hydro Holding was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 3 units of francis turbines, each with 45MW nameplate capacity.
The electric generators for the project were procured from GE Renewable Energy and Westinghouse Electric.
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