Hidroituango: Iván Duque confirmed the inauguration for July 26 - Medellín - Colombia

In his most recent visit to Hidroituango, President Iván Duque confirmed that the megaproject’s first turbine will start operating on July 26.

The president made a tour and spoke with the workers and there he verified the progress of the works.

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“This is a strategic work for Colombia. We have made a visit here, we have spoken with the workers, with the engineers, we have seen the state of progress and what we see is a great commitment from the entire team of engineers and workers to have the first turbine installed by July 26which would start this project”, explained the president.

Duque also urged that “in a shorter period of time, the second turbine can also be installed.”

“With this, this great project for the energy security of our country could begin, and this project that is emblematic and, clearly, the largest energy generation project that Colombia has had, and the most sophisticated and important,” he added. .

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Iván Duque during his tour of the work.

It should be remembered that on February 2, EPM had announced that on July 26 the first turbine would be put into operation, but On February 21, the CC Consortium released a letter indicating that the schedules were not adjusted to the date announced by EPM.

This generated controversy, but with the president’s visit this weekend it was confirmed that he maintains the calendar and July 26 as a key day.

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On the other hand, in this same week the Comptroller General of the Republic, Carlos Felipe Córdoba, installed the preventive work table that will monitor the resources delivered to EPM by the insurance companies, due to the contingency initiated in Hidroituango on 28 April 2018, and the start-up schedule.

Currently, the works are at 87.32% construction progress. 8,353 people from more than 80 contractor companies and EPM work there, distributed in the different work fronts, mainly the machine house.

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Hidroituango: first turbine up and running by July 26, says Duque - Other Cities - Colombia

President Iván Duque, together with the Minister of Mines and Energy Diego Mesa and the Comptroller General Carlos Felipe Córdoba, They visited this Saturday, March 5, the main works of the Hidroituango hydroelectric plant.

The progress of the work exceeds 87.32%, so there is a goal, for the second half of 2022, to start generating energy with the first unit, EPM previously stated.

According to what they indicate, some 8,353 people from more than 80 contractor companies work on the site, in addition to EPM employees, who are distributed in the different work fronts.

It is for this reason that the president took the opportunity to emphasize the importance of begin operations of that first turbine on July 26, according to the schedule provided by the company.

“Today the project has the supervision and monitoring of the entire government team and I hope that the delivery date of the first turbine will be met, because that is not an arbitrary date or taken from any hat, it is a date in accordance with the new schedulesDuke assured.

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On the subject, the governor of Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria, indicated that the most important thing was to “comply with high standards.”

“That it start working as soon as possible, that it not be put in the wheel in its construction so that it starts working but all that on the understanding of the highest engineering standards”, affirmed Gaviria, according to ‘Blu Radio’.

For his part, Duque was optimistic about the progress of the construction: “With this, this great project for the energy security of our country could begin, and this project that is emblematic and, clearly, the largest energy generation project that Colombia has had, and the most sophisticated and important “added the president in his speech.

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Hidroituango: They doubt that the first turbine will start generating on July 26 - Medellín - Colombia

A new controversy surrounds Hidroituango, the mega-project that exceeded 87% progress and that promises to generate 17% of the country’s energy.

This time it has to do with the schedule for the commissioning of the first of the eight 300 MW (Megawatt) generation turbines.

While EPM reported months ago that July 26 is the date on which the first turbine will start operatinga letter dated February 21 was released from the construction consortium CCC Ituango, indicating that the schedules do not conform to the date announced by EPM.

“According to the programming that we know, the critical route for the entry into operation of the first unit is marked by the shielding of the pipes and upper elbows, as well as the concrete around them, and whose completion is expected andl start of tests with water for the month of October 2022. In this way, we highlight that the activities that the consortium has been developing are focused on achieving that goal”, says the letter from the consortium.

Finally, in the document, EPM is requested to disclose the strategies proposed to reach generation by the end of July so that CCC Ituango evaluates the action plans to be implemented to contribute to achieving that goal.

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EPM responds

Also through a statement, EPM confirmed that July 26 is the date on which Hidroituango will start generating power with the first turbine.

“Thanks to the technical progress that has been made in accordance with the technical work schedules carried out by more than 80 contracting companies that are developing it (not only CCC Ituango), insists that July 26, 2022 will be the date for the entry into operation of the first unit power generator”, expressed EPM.

However, William Giraldo Jiménez, Vice President of Power Generation Projects at EPM, has stated on several occasions that the schedules for a project the size of Hidroituango have a level of uncertainty.

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“Within the critical path of the Ituango generating units is the installation of the shielding of the vertical wells, which has not advanced at the required speed in the lower elbows. However, it is expected that, in the installation of the metal shielding of the straight part of these wells, a reduction in time will be achieved. This will be evaluated in these following months, since the installation is just beginning in that area.Giraldo explained.

Once said evaluation is made, the yields obtained will be determined, both in the installation of the pipes by the ATB company, and of the concrete by the construction Consortium.

“On the other hand, the installation of the electromechanical equipment and the commissioning tests do not depend at all on the work of the construction Consortium and begin months after the last concrete has been placed in the generating units,” said the official. Vice President of Power Generation Projects at EPM.

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