The consortium put together by South Korea's Daelim Industrial Co. (agent, 40%), includes Italy's Astaldi SpA (30%) and dall'indonesiana WIKA - Wijaya Karya (30%) was awarded two contracts for the construction of the first of the two phases at Upper Cisokan Hydroelectric Project on the Island of Java, Indonesia.

The Upper Cisokan project is among the most important to date in the country in the hydroelectric sector and is funded by the World Bank.

The project has been commissioned by PT PLN Persero, the company that manages public power plants in Indonesia. The new contracts include the construction of all civil works related to the construction of two dams, Upper and Lower Dam,  75m and 98 m high, with a total volume of 1,000,000 m3 of RCC (Roller Compacted Concrete). The plant will ensure the movement of water at night through a pumping system from the Lower Upper Dam and by day the production of electricity through the reverse cycle of the water flows. The installed capacity is forecast to be  1.040MW and includes the completion of the systems to ensure water supply through a 6 km tunnel with a 10 m diameter, an underground power station (26 m wide, 51 m high, 156 m long), the ventilation system and an electrical substation. The works are to be finished within 50months, with start-up in early 2016.

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