Raea’o Hydroelectric Project

Country: Solomon Islands

Location: Raea’o village, Malaita

Commissioned: 16 December 2002

Turbine: Pelena single-nozzle Pelton

Electrical Rating: 29kW

Turbine Supplier: Pelena Energy

Civil Works: Pelena Energy

Hydraulic Works: Pelena Energy

Controls: Client

Electrical Works: Client

Client: APACE

Photos

Local Raea'o technicians inspecting the Raea'o weir. This weir is a standard Pelena buttress design.

Members of the community celebrating the erection of one of the transmission posts used to connect the turbine with the village.

Members of the Raea'o community carrying the alternator from the beachfront to the turbine house. Whilst heavy, for localised sustainability components need to be installed using local resources.

Installing the stainless steel turbine upper casing over, in this situation, the cast-iron Pelton turbine.

Raea'o community member Ben switching on the first light in the turbine house 16 December 2002.

Raea'o Technicians operating the 2-Nozzle Pelena Pelton turbine during a training session run by Pelena's Peter Lynch.