The consortium headed by Ferrovial Agroman, of which local company MSF is also a member, has been selected by Iberdrola to build the Gouvaes hydroelectric plant on the Tamega river, in northern Portugal. The project will cost EUR80 million and is to be completed in 47 months. It comprises construction of the underground main machine hall (120 m long, 20 m wide and 44 m high) to hold four 220 MW generators (880 MW in total) and the underground transformer hall (80 m long, 17 m wide, 14 m high). Ferrovial Agroman will also be in charge of digging 5 km of tunnels and 8 vertical shafts measuring up to 320 m and with a diameter of 7 m. Visit https://www.iberdrola.com. 03/17.
