Revised cost for Tripura power project gets nod

Agartala, Jan 28: The revised cost estimate of Rs 623.44 crore for Tripura’s 100 MW thermal power project has got the green signal from the union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), officials said here on Friday.

“The CCEA headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in its meeting held in New Delhi Thursday approved the revised cost estimate of gas-based power project being implemented by the state-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) at a cost of Rs 623.44 crore,” a Tripura Government official told reporters.

The power project to be commissioned at Monarchak in Sonamura, bordering Bangladesh, is scheduled to start generating electricity within 36 months of the starting of actual work. The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will supply natural gas. The official said the power project would contribute to the economic development of the northeastern states by providing 100 MW power and direct and indirect employment to the local population.

“Being a combined-cycle power station using natural gas and water, the plant shall be of high efficiency and also an environmentally compatible project, with negligible emission,” the official stated. According to the official, this power plant would mitigate the problem of power shortage in the northeastern region and the consequent need for import of power, particularly during the winter seasons.

“The power project would improve the hydro-thermal mix in the northeastern region and the country,” the official pointed out. (IANS)

Source: The Sentinel

NTPC to invite bids for main plant in mid-2011

2,640-MW GIDDERBAHA THERMAL POWER PROJECT

Power utility NTPC Ltd plans to invite tenders for the main plant package for its 2,640-mw (4x660) coalbased thermal power project at Gidderbaha in Muktsar district of Punjab sometime in the middle of 2011 and award the contract by December. The project, which is being developed at an estimated cost of15,000 crore, is scheduled to be commissioned by 2016-17. The power plant will benefit Punjab and other states and union territories in the Northern Region.

NTPC had asked the CEA for year-wise power demand-andsupply projections for the Northern Region for the 12th Plan (2012-2017) to enable the utility to justify the power supply position for the project. Accordingly, CEA worked out the anticipated supply position for the 12th Plan, considering the under-construction schemes, and informed NTPC that power from the project would be fully absorbed in 2016-17, thus according inprinciple clearance to the viability of the project. The Punjab government has agreed to help with land acquisition and water allocation for the project against the allocation of 50 per cent of power to the state. The government has given inprinciple clearance for about 2,316 acres of land for the project. NTPC signed the PPA with Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd last month.

The power project, which would be funded entirely by NTPC, will be the state's biggest thermal power plant and is expected to boost economic development in the region. 

The combined capacity of the Gidderbaha TPP along with four other upcoming mega thermal plants at Talwandi Sabo, Goindwal, Rajpura and Mansa will be 10,590 mw and the total investment is nearly 53,000 crore.

Source:-http://www.projectsmonitor.com/POWDIST/ntpc-to-invite-bids-for-main-plant-in-mid2011