THDC awards EPC contract for 444-MW Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydropower
project
India's
Hindustan Construction Company has won an engineering, procurement and
construction contract from THDC for the 444-MW Vishnugad Pipalkoti
hydroelectric project.
HydroWorld.com
reported that THDC India Ltd. Had extended the pre-qualification deadline to
supply electro-mechanical equipment for Vishnugad Pipalkoti in
november2012
The country's National Board for Wildlife then granted the
project a clearance in
February of this past year
The
run-of-river plant will be located on the Alaknanda River, which is a major
tributary to the Ganga.
Work is expected to take about 54 months
Bhira HydroElectric Project
Bhira is a small
village in state of Maharashtra located about 150km from Mumbai. Bhira Hydroelectric Project is the third hydropower plant
installed by The tata power company ltd
(TPCL) in 1927.
Specifications
The 300mw hydro station was started at Bhira in 1922 by the Tata
Power company. Bhira power station with a 6 x 25 MW generating units (double
overhang Pelton turbines), along with other hydro and thermal power stations
belonging to TPCL, forms a vital link in sustaining the industrial activity of
Mumbai-Pune region of Maharashtra state
Bhira hydroelectric power plant gets its water from the Mulshi Dam located in Pune district..
A new addition of 150MW of Pumping Storage Unit has been made in
Bhira in 2002. Tata power company, a pioneer in introducing new technologies to
India was the first to put up a Pumping Storage type turbine in the country.
Total capacity of generating electricity at Bhira power plant is 315MW.
Awards achevieched
by this project
1.
2008 - Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has awarded Tata
Power's Bhira Hydro generation facility with the Silver Shield award for
meritorious performance. CEA had selected the 80-year-old Bhira and Bhira Pump
Storage Scheme (6X25 + 1 x 150mw) as second best performing station in the
country.
2.
2009 - Ministry of Power and the Central
Electricity Authority (CEA), awarded Tata Power’s Bhira Hydro generation
facility as the second best performing station (Silver Shield) in the country
for 2007-08, in the category of 'Power stations more than 100mw'. This award is
part of the comprehensive award scheme for recognising meritorious performance
of power utilities. Bhira Pump Storage Scheme (6x25 + 1x150mw) has been
selected as the second best performing on this country
Kishanganga project :artribration award
KHEP envisages a dam built on the Kishanganga River
that would divert a substantial quantity of water to a hydroelectric project
near Bonar Nullah. The water flow would then return to Jhelum and flow
downstream to Pakistan.
The Indian media welcomed the ICA
final award as it allowed “India to go ahead with construction of the
Kishanganga dam, . The Indian Express claimed the decision was in New Delhi’s
favour as the minimum flow of water determinded by the ICA is “is much lower
than the 100 cumecs of natural flow that Pakistan wanted to maintain”.
However, the India press fails to
mention that the country had asked for a minimum flow of a mere 4.25 cumecs as
any flow greater than this “would seriously compromise the economic viability
of the Khep”, to which the ICA disagreed.
In its partial award
pronounced in February, the court had upheld India's main contention that it
has the right to divert waters of the western rivers, in a non-consumptive
manner, for the optimal generation of power
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