BHEL commissions 363 MW power plant in Tripura.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. has commissioned the second module of 2x363.3 MW gas turbine based Combined Cycle Power Plant of ONGC Thermal Power Corporation (OTPC) in Tripura.

This project is the biggest of its kind in the entire North East, BHEL has said in a release.

In its filings to the stock exchanges, BHEL said that the plant was located at Palatana, about 50 km from Agartala. BHEL had secured the orders against international competitive bidding. With the commissioning of this module, BHEL has commissioned nine modules of Frame 9FA gas turbines in the combined cycle mode in India. In Tripura itself, BHEL has so far commissioned 911 MW of gas-based and hydro units.

Explaining the salient features of the Palatana project, BHEL said that the execution of the 726 MW (2x363.3 MW) project was against tough odds. Apart from the difficult terrain, continuous rains and insufficient road infrastructure, it had to overcome a big logistical nightmare of transporting the machinery to the project site, for which it secured permission from the Bangladesh Government to use its waterways.

The first module of this project was commissioned in January last year and BHEL was implementing another gas based project of 100 MW of NEEPCO at Monarchak in Tripura.



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