VS Hydro

VS Hydro Pvt Ltd
Private company
Industry Hydropower
Founded 2003
Headquarters Colombo, Sri Lanka
Area served
 Hydropower
Products Turbines, construction.
Website

VS Hydro is a company developing hydropower projects.

VSHydro traces its roots back to 1972, when Premasiri Sumanasekera, a graduate in Physical Science from the University of Colombo, who later became a teacher and meteorologist, started Vidya Silpa in the backyard of his residence, essentially to manufacture laboratory science equipment which was previously imported at great cost from the developed Western countries.

Manufacture of these intricate measurement instruments were started with two artisans using basic equipment and technology.

Soon the company grew from a backyard workshop to be the foremost supplier of laboratory equipment for all schools in Sri Lanka. The two man workshop in the Sumanasekera backyard grew to a large factory with 150 workers.

Projects: VS connected more than 100MW to grid in Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda) and Asia (Sri Lanka). They are exanding their operation in to other regions in Africa.

Uganda; 1. Mpanga Hydropower Project (18MW), Uganda [[1]] 2. Siti(1&2) Hydropower Project (21.5MW), Uganda [[2]] 3. Lubilai Hydropower Project (5.4MW), Uganda [[3]] 4. Nyamughasani 1&2 Hydropower Project(22MW), Uganda. VS is doing pre-implementation works for some other projects which are having capacity over 5MW.

Rwanda; 1. Gisenyi, Mukungwa, Ghasashi (6MW), Rwanda [[4]]. VS is doing their pre-implementation works for several other projects in Rwanda including Rukurara, Mushishito projects.

Kenya; 1. Gura Hydropower Project (6MW), Kenya . VS is doing their pre-implementation works for several other projects in Kenya including Nithi, Chania projects.

References

  1. ↑ |http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpanga_Power_Station Mpanga SHPP
  2. ↑ |https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siti_Hydroelectric_Power_Station
  3. ↑ |https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubilia_Hydroelectric_Power_Station
  4. ↑ |https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubilia_Hydroelectric_Power_Station
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