Power House Construction Started
The power house site has been cleared for vegetation and the digging has started. Steel trusses, doors and windows are under construction, either at the Salesian training centre in Fatumaka, or in Dili. All drawings for the construction are received. The work is supervised by Mr Arlindo Sarmento, a Dili based contractor of ViqZum/Lemorai Hamutuk.
The power house will contain the turbine, generator, transformer and other necessary equipment. It is expected to be completed during September, and the turbine to be installed shortly after. Final testing will however not be possible before the completion of the penstock, due early 2008.
Local workers digging the powerhouse site. Behind, discussing details described in the drawings, we see (from left) Mr Vasco Pinto (ViqZum), Mr Alf Adeler (HydroTimor) and Mr Arlindo Sarmento (Lemorai).
Photo: Basil Rolandsen (www.bouvet.info)