The 412 MW Rampur Hydro Electric Project of SJVN limited, located on river Satluj in Himachal Pradesh, commenced power generation on Thursday with the synchronisation of its first 68.67 MW unit with the northern grid.
The mechanical wet spinning of Unit-I and Unit-II of the project had been successfully achieved on March, 4 and 5, respectively. The commissioning ceremony was performed by SJVN’s CMD, RP Singh on Thursday at the project’s power house located at village Bayal in district Kullu.
On the occasion he was accompanied by RN Misra, Director (Civil), AS Bindra, Director (Finance), Nl Sharma, Director (Personnel), RK Bansal, Director (Electrical), BNS Negi, CVO and KK Gupta, GM/head of Rampur HE Project.
Kwawu M Gaba, lead Energy Specialist and Rohit Mittal, senior energy specialist of the World Bank were also present on the occasion. On this occasion CMD and other directors highly appreciated the efforts made by KK Gupta, GM of the project and his entire team in expediting construction of the project in the face of a host of geological surprises encountered as well as implementation of the unique parameters of tandem operations.
After formally commissioning the plant RP Singh, CMD informed that all the six vertical axis Francis turbine units each of 68.67 MW will be progressively commissioned within the next three months.He said on completion the project will generate 1,770 million units of electricity per annum, 30 per cent of which will be supplied to home state Himachal Pradesh, which is the Company’s equity partner, in addition to 12 per cent free power.
The balance power, he said will be supplied to the northern grid states namely Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh and Delhi. He further added that during the current financial year three units of the project will start power generation while the remaining three units will commence generation by June.