# Andritz to modernize and digitalize Sobradinho hydropower plant in Brazil

Andritz signed a contract with CHESF to fully modernize and digitalize the 1,050 MW Sobradinho hydropower plant in Bahia, Brazil, with an order value above EUR 40 million and completion expected in 2025.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-05-05
- Where: Bahia state, Brazil
- Value: $43.6M (40.0M EUR)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1,050 MW
- Products: electro-mechanical equipment, automation and control systems, transformers, turbine governors, Kaplan turbine overhaul
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [presseportal.ch](https://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100009145/100847141), 2020-05-05: "ANDRITZ has signed a contract with Companhia Hidrelétrica do São Francisco (CHESF) to perform complete modernization and digitalization of the Sobradinho hydropower plant."

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