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Two large containers full of equipment for the Gariuai power house just arrived in Dili.

Photo: Basil Rolandsen (www.bouvet.info)

Seven large crates containing turbine, generator, transformer, a crane, valves and pipes, as well as other equipment, have now arrived our warehouse in Dili. The pic shows Alf Adeler supervising the unloading of the containers, which required heavy duty equipment due to the bulk and weight of the crates. They will be stored until they can be transported to the site in Gariuai and installed, a process to be aided by specialists from Germany.
If all goes according to plans now, the power plant should be delivering electricity by end of May!

The wet season makes the work more challenging, but we see progress anyway in Gariuai. The latest development is the roofing and painting of the power house, which will contain the turbine and other equipment.

Photo: Basil Rolandsen (www.bouvet.info)

Photo: Basil Rolandsen (www.bouvet.info)

Another development, found on the opposite side of the building, is the construction of the outlet leading the water from the turbine into the river.

We got as greeting from one of our readers, Gaspar, an East Timorese studying abroad. He sends his congratulations to the HydroTimor team on the web site, and says it is a good way to be updated for students. He also asks a question on a subject many may be interested in: “Can u enable your comments section so that we can give our opinion??”.

First: Thank you so much Gaspar for your greetings and nice words – much appreciated by us all! As for comments, we would love to open up for comments, really, but the fact of the matter is that we would be overflowed by spam by allowing comments. We would however love to hear from our readers, so just use the email address on the web site. Thanks and best regards!

UPDATE: We are now open for comments! A spam filter has been tested for a while, and we are now announcing that comments are now both possible and more than welcome…

A team from HydroTimor presented 10 January the Iralalaru hydropower project for members of the government, in order to prepare for the decision on contract form for the construction. This is an important step, allowing preparations of tender documents to progress.

Photo: Basil Rolandsen (www.bouvet.info)

The participants to the meeting was (from left) Kjell Mathiesen (Norconsult, Chief Hydropower Engineer), Alf Adeler (NVE, Adviser), Januario Pereira (Secretary of State for Electricity, Water and Urbanisation), Avelino Maria Coelho (Secretary of State for Energy Policy), Xanana Gusmao (Prime Minister), Emilia Pires (Minister for Finance), Pedro Lay (Minister for Infrastructure), Maria Moniz (HydroTimor) and Kassius Klei Ximenes (HydroTimor).