# ANDRITZ signs over EUR 40 million contract to modernise Sobradinho hydropower plant in Brazil

ANDRITZ signed a contract with CHESF worth more than 40 million euros to fully modernise and digitalise the Sobradinho hydropower plant on the Sao Francisco river in Bahia, Brazil, with completion expected in 2025.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-05-05
- Where: Sobradinho, Bahia, Brazil
- Value: $44.0M (40.0M EUR)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1,050 MW hydropower plant
- Products: hydro turbine refurbishment, electromechanical equipment, automation and control systems, condition monitoring system
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [ANDRITZ](https://endata.com/companies/2007.md) (supplier)
- [CHESF](https://endata.com/companies/6453.md) (customer)
- [Eletrobras](https://endata.com/companies/6454.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [andritz.com](https://www.andritz.com/newsroom-de/hydro/2020-05-05-sobradinho-group), 2020-05-05: "Der Auftragswert betraegt mehr als 40 Millionen Euro."

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