Andritz Wins Slovak Hydropower Modernization Contract

MT Newswires · 2d ago
03:58 AM EDT, 09/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Andritz (ANDR.VI) secured a contract to modernize Slovakia's largest hydropower plant, which accounts for about 10% of the country's electricity production. The contract, awarded by Vodohospodárska Výstavba, is valued in the mid-three-digit million-euro range, according to a Tuesday release. The Austrian technology group will gradually refurbish eight Kaplan turbine-generator units, upgrading key equipment and systems to improve the plant's efficiency and availability and extend the technical service life of its operating equipment by at least 30 years.