Naga Hammadi
The original Naga Hammadi Barrage is located on the River Nile in Upper Egypt some 135 km north of the city of Luxor. It was commissioned in 1930 and is one of a series of structures to raise river levels and divert water to irrigation areas. After several years of planning, the construction of a new barrage began covering a sluiceway, a powerhouse and two navigation locks.
Client:
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), Cairo
Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Cairo
Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Cairo
Period:
1992 - 2008
Services:
- Conceptual study, feasibility study
- Hydraulic model tests
- Environmental impact assessment
- Geotechnical field/laboratory investigations
- Tender design, tender documents
- Tender evaluation, construction design
- Supervision of construction and installation
Technical data:
- No. of bulb turbines: 4
- Rated turbine discharge: 320 m³/s
- Maximum turbine discharge: 420 m³/s
- Net head range: 8.0 m/2.5 m
- Installed capacity: 64 MW
- Annual energy output: 462 GWh
- Sluiceway capacity: 7,000 m³/s
- Navigation lock usable length/width: 160 m/17 m