Pergau Dam
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Pergau Dam is the hydroelectric dam in Kuala Yong, Kelantan
, Malaysia. It is located about 100 km west of Kota Bharu
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and Cementation International, started 1994 and completed in 2000. The dam began operation on 2003 and was officially opened on 2003.
[1995] 1 ALL ER 611, a pressure group successfully challenged the decision to grant funding to the project.
Kelantan
Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The Arabic honorific of the state is Darul Naim, ....
, Malaysia. It is located about 100 km west of Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu is a city in Malaysia, is the state capital and Royal City of Kelantan. It is also the name of the territory in which Kota Bharu City is situated. The name means 'new city' or 'new castle/fort' in Malay. Kota Bharu is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia, and lies...
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Power station
The power station is a hydroelectric power station, using 4 turbines of 150 MW installed capacity. The station is operated by Tenaga NasionalTenaga Nasional
Tenaga Nasional Berhad is the largest Electric utility company in Malaysia and also the largest power company in Southeast Asia with MYR 69.8 billion worth of assets. It serves over seven million customers throughout Peninsular Malaysia and also the eastern state of Sabah through Sabah Electricity...
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Pergau Dam
The construction, which was undertaken by Balfour BeattyBalfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty plc is a British construction, engineering, military housing, rail and investment services company. It is one of the largest construction companies in the UK, and the 15th largest in the world...
and Cementation International, started 1994 and completed in 2000. The dam began operation on 2003 and was officially opened on 2003.
Pergau Dam technical specifications
- Power Intake Structure - 4 bays.
- SpillwaySpillwayA spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of flows from a dam or levee into a downstream area, typically being the river that was dammed. In the UK they may be known as overflow channels. Spillways release floods so that the water does not overtop and damage or even destroy...
- gated concrete weirWeirA weir is a small overflow dam used to alter the flow characteristics of a river or stream. In most cases weirs take the form of a barrier across the river that causes water to pool behind the structure , but allows water to flow over the top...
with chute and flip bucket. - Power TunnelTunnelA tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...
s - 4 tunnels. - Underground powerhouse
- With 4 penstocks to power-trains comprising 4 turbines of 150MW each, 4 air-cooled generators of 180MVA each and 4 transformerTransformerA transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors—the transformer's coils. A varying current in the first or primary winding creates a varying magnetic flux in the transformer's core and thus a varying magnetic field...
s of 180MVA each.
Notable facts
- Pergau Power Station has the second largest hydroelectric generation installed capacity in Malaysia, after the 2400MW installed capacity at Bakun Hydroelectric ProjectBakun Hydroelectric ProjectThe Bakun Dam is an embankment dam located in Sarawak, Malaysia on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometers west of Belaga. As part of the project, the second tallest concrete-faced rockfill dam in the world would be built...
in Sarawak, East Malaysia.
Controversy
In Britain, there were allegations of corruption over the way in which development funding was granted to a British consortium which partly funded the project. In the case R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ex p The World Development MovementR v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ex p The World Development Movement
R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ex p The World Development Movement is a judicial review case in English law in which the World Development Movement challenged the decision of Britain's Foreign Secretary to spend £234m on a development project on Malaysia's Pergau Dam.At the time, the...
[1995] 1 ALL ER 611, a pressure group successfully challenged the decision to grant funding to the project.