Andritz Hydro New Zealand

09/06/2023

Our hydro site services team are making great progress installing new gate hydraulics in the bottom of the Roxburgh Dam. This involves getting this rather long hydraulic cylinder in place far below the road surface. Meanwhile our in house welding crew are making modifications to the top of the gate to connect the gate lifting equipment.

09/03/2022

Tekapo B, New Zealand - The last turbine has been commissioned and has recently successfully completed its endurance run. ANDRITZ is proud to have delivered another high efficiency turbine. The upgrade significantly improves the efficiency of the turbine, reduces maintenance and complexity by eliminating the relief valve and has significantly improved hydraulic stability and vibration of the machine. The installation works included installing the new turbine parts, maintenance works on the generator stator and rotor, and repair of the retained parts.

This is another major project completed by ANDRITZ's installation team in New Zealand and has again demonstrated our commitment to partnering with our customers Genesis to deliver a high-quality machine assembly in the challenging COVID environment.

23/12/2021

Yesterday was the last working day of the year for ANDRITZ Hydro in NZ. We will be back to work on the 10th January.

Thanks everyone for your support and friendship this year. There are some wonderful people out there that make doing business a pleasure.

2021 had plenty of unforeseen challenges and surprises for us. Nevertheless, looking back at how we've managed to continue to deliver and service hydro equipment around NZ/Pacific we achieved much of what we set out to do this year. I'm tempted to try and write a summary of the year, but a few short sentences can't do justice to all that has happened or how I feel about it. It was a another year of progress in modernising the aging fleet of hydro generating equipment.

Thank you to our team, and our business partners for going the extra mile when necessary.

Enjoy your summer break, stay safe and see you next year! Merry Christmas!

28/09/2021

Nice work from our team getting this retired runner out ahead of schedule, while working safely.

10/09/2021

Site line boring. We offer a range of services to get your site machining done from simple link bushes like this job to much more complex guide vane bush bores. We have modern line boring equipment and excellent fitters doing the work as you can see from the surface finish in this video.

08/09/2021

Fantastic to finally take delivery of this beauty, a super efficient UD Truck complete with all the modern safety features. We are excited to be able to improve the time performance of deliveries to our sites and off site workshops with this latest investment. Need something moved, we're available!

21/07/2021

Hydro power has long played a role in NZ.

Oamaru used to have reticulated drinking and fire water scheme that took water from the Waitaki River 50km away from the town center. The scheme was constructed in 1880 with substantial investment in water races, tunnels, aquaducts, piping and the like, and had a "spare" 350hp of pressure available on delivery to Oamaru. This was used to power small Pelton turbines as shown in the photo for mechanisation of industry in the town center. Oamaru businesses therefore were early adopters of renewable energy, that would otherwise have been traditionally steam powered. By 1916, this spare horsepower was used to create AC electricity and made Oamaru the 4th town in NZ with AC power. I'm not sure if the machine shown has it origins in the Pelton Wheel Company in ANDRITZ history, nevertheless, it is still quite an interesting engineering feat, that is perhaps little known.

More info here: https://buff.ly/3Boibqc

29/06/2021

Deep inside a dam, a number of bottom outlet gate cylinders are being replaced by ANDRITZ. It's a tricky job manoeuvering a 12T cylinder that is about 11m long in a relatively small space. The photo really can't tell you how tricky. Nice to visit briefly yesterday and see our site services team working safely on a complex job.

23/12/2020

Merry Christmas! We wish you a merry time with your loved ones and hope you have some days of enjoyment, rest and reflection. Thank you for your trust in ANDRITZ.

11/12/2020

Fantastic project to be involved in, proving ANDRITZ can do small as well as big hydro well. Congratulations team!

Despite a series of challenges that caused delays, including a large slip and the Covid-19 pandemic, the Matiri hydro scheme has officially opened.

09/05/2020

92MW of ANDRITZ turbine on its way to the machine

15/11/2019