For its Rs11,450-crore expansion project at the Ib Valley Thermal Power Station (ITPS), the Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) on Saturday signed a contract with the BHEl for supply of equipments and setting up of the OPGC’s 1,320-MW main plant.
The BTG (boiler, turbine and generator) supply and installation agreement was signed by AES Corporation-managed OPGC’s Managing Director Venkatachalam Kuppusami and BHEl general manager (Marketing) V Venkatkrishnan.
After signing the contract, the OPGC MD said the BHEl won the international competitive bidding for the job by quoting Rs4,051 crore. It involves supply of the main plant (boiler, turbine and generator) at an all-inclusive firm price of Rs3,748.94 crore and erection of the main plant at Rs302.06 crore. State Energy Secretary and OPGC chairman PK Jena said the 2X660-MW project would be completed by March 2017.
Energy Minister Arun Sahoo said the aim is to provide power at affordable rates to common people. Development Commissioner JK Mohapatra asked the OPGC to make the expansion project the ‘cleanest’ power plant in the country with effective pollution control mechanism. The OPGC is set to expand its 420-MW (2x210 MW) ITPS by 1,360 MW with addition of two units of supercritical 660 MW.
The agreement-signing in ceremony was also attended by AES country manager AS Rao and Bhel’s executive director (Eastern Region) Rajiv Kumar.