# Andritz Hydro wins over €40M contract to modernize Sobradinho hydropower plant in Brazil

Companhia Hidrelétrica do São Francisco awarded Andritz Hydro a contract worth more than €40 million for the complete modernization and digitalization of the 1050 MW Sobradinho plant in Bahia. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-05-14
- Where: Sobradinho, Bahia, Brazil
- Value: $44.0M (40.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: electro-mechanical equipment, automation and control systems, step-up transformer repair services, turbine governors
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Andritz Hydro](https://endata.com/companies/652.md) (supplier)
- [Eletrobras](https://endata.com/companies/6454.md) (partner)
- [Companhia Hidrelétrica do São Francisco](https://endata.com/companies/6493.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [hydropower-dams.com](https://www.hydropower-dams.com/news/overhaul-and-modernization-of-the-sobradinho-powerplant-goes-ahead-in-brazil/), 2020-05-14: "The order value is more than €40 million, and the project is expected to be completed in 2025."

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