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Voith Hydro is forecasting delivery of all four
remaining turbine runners to Prince Rupert, BC
about October 2021. They are expected to arrive at
site around the end Feb 2022.
The turbine runner is the rotating part of a
turbine (like a fan or a windmill) that converts the
gravitational energy of falling water into mechanical
energy, which then spins a generator to produce
clean hydroelectric power. The runners are the
heaviest unassembled single project components.
Each runner weighs approx. 170 tonnes and
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