Webuild has announced the commencement of concrete pouring for construction of the core dam, marking a major milestone at the Rogun hydropower plant project (HPP) in Tajikistan.

Once all the six turbines, each with a capacity of 600MW, becomes operational, Rogun HPP is expected to double the country’s production capacity of clean, renewable energy.

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It will have a total installed capacity of 3.6GW, which is equivalent to three nuclear power plants.

It currently has two turbines operational and producing power.

Rogun will become the highest dam in the world, with a dam crest of 1,300m above sea level.

It is being built in the upper reaches of the Vakhsh River in the Pamir Mountains, west of the Himalayas.

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Rogun will also become the tallest dam in the world, at 335m.

This project has been commissioned by OJSC Rogun Hydropower Plant.

Webuild is responsible for main civil works in the construction of the rockfill dam with a loam core.

About 2,000 people are working on this project.

Last week, Webuild announced the commencement of excavation works on Lot H41 Gola del Sill-Pfons, which is considered one of the biggest sections of the Brenner Base Tunnel in Austria.

This 64km Brenner Base Tunnel is expected to become the world’s longest railway tunnel.

Linking Italy and Austria, it will be a part of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

The entire project is being overseen BBT SE.

Commissioned by BBT SE, Lot H41 Gola del Sill-Pfons is being built by Webuild and its Swiss subsidiary CSC Costruzioni with joint-venture partner Implenia.
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Image: Rogun hydropower plant project in Tajikistan will have a total installed capacity of 3.6GW. Credit: Webuild Group.