The Devoll River is 15 km long and a 390 mill m3 reservoir. The river carries large sediment loads and the reservoir is expected to lose about 5 million m3 of its volume per year. In order to avoid storage loss, SediCon will provide a 20" dredge capable to dredge 400 m3 /hour able to dredge down to 60 m depth .
Early in 2014 Devoll embedded a 235 m long steel pipe with a diameter of 1200 mm under the dam which allows installation of a 800 mm or an even larger HDPE pipe. It is therefore possible to increase the capacity up to 300%.
The Devoll Hydropower plant will increase electricity production in Albania by 17 % all of it through renewable and clean energy. More so is a well thought and planned project, being carried out following international best practices. DHP project provides the best financial, technical, environment and economic development attributes.
