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| Impregilo wins bid for project in Chile Italy's largest construction firm Impregilo has won the bid organised by Colbun S.A., a Chilean company active in power generation, for a hydroelectric project in Chile, worth a total of approximately 200 million euro at current exchange rates. The plant will be located in Angostura, in the Bio-Bio region, about 600 kilometres south of Chile's capital city, Santiago. The project involves construction of a main dam measuring 152 m to a height of 63 m, a secondary 1.6 km dam to a height of 25 m and an underground power chamber housing three generators with an installed power of 316 MW. The plant will produce approximately 1540 Gwh of electricity a year. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |