NHPC completes Teesta Low Dam-IV hydro project

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State-run NHPC's 160 MW Teesta Low Dam-IV Hydro project in Darjeeling district of West Bengal has become fully operational.
The 40 MW Unit-4 of the project will be commercially operational by midnight today. The three units of TLDP-IV project were commissioned on February 14, March 31 and July 1 this year.
"Consequent upon successful trial run of Unit-4 of Teesta Low Dam Hydro Electric Project, Stage IV (4 x 40 MW) at its installed capacity of 40 MW for continuous 20.08 hours on dated August 15, 2016, the Unit-4 is hereby declared under commercial operation with effect from 00:00 hours of August 19, 2016," NHPC Ltd said in a BSE filing today.

Accordingly, COD (commercial operation date) of the power station is also declared with effect from 00.00 hrs of August 19, 2016, it said.
The filing added that 100 per cent power generated from TLDP-IV has been allocated to West Bengal and shall be supplied through West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL).
The TLDP-IV is a run-of-the-river scheme on Teesta river and is located at about 350 metres upstream of Teesta-Kalikhola confluence on NH-10 near Kalijhora village in the vicinity of West Bengal-Sikkim border as well as Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh border.
TLDP-IV can generate 720 million units of electricity in a 90 per cent dependable year with its four units running.