BHEL commissions 500 MW thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh

This is a first of its kind project, where the power plant has been set up on an abandoned ash pond, thereby enabling saving of scarce land

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BS B2B Bureau New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 11 2016 | 4:31 PM IST
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the second 500 MW thermal unit at Anpara-D Thermal Power Plant (TPP) in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. With this, BHEL has added 2,320 MW of generating capacity in Uttar Pradesh in the current fiscal (2015-16).
 
Significantly, this is a first of its kind project, where the power plant has been set up on an abandoned ash pond, thereby enabling saving of scarce land. Setting up the power plant on an ash pond required special technological innovations in the area of civil engineering. Successful execution of this project has set an alternate option for future projects facing constraints of scarcity of land.
 
BHEL was entrusted with the contract for setting up 2 units of 500 MW each at Anpara-D TPP by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL). The first 500 MW unit of the project was commissioned earlier by BHEL in June, 2015.
 
In addition, BHEL has recently commissioned two sets of 660 MW rating in UP, at Bara in December, 2015 & Lalitpur in January, 2016. BHEL’s scope of work for the project envisaged design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of equipment for the project on engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) basis. Key equipment included steam turbines, generators and boilers, along with associated auxiliaries and electricals, besides controls & instrumentation (C&I), electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), suitable for Indian coal and Indian conditions, balance of plant (BOP) packages and civil works. 
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First Published: Mar 11 2016 | 11:29 AM IST

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