India's UPRVUNL to Add 660 Megawatts to Harduaganj Plant

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources India (Delhi, India)--With the successful completion of the 500-megawatt (MW) expansion project at Harduaganj power plant, state-run power enterprise Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) is gearing up to further expand the capacity of the power plant through the addition of a new 660-MW power unit.

UPRVUNL is preparing bid documents for the selection of an engineering consultancy firm, which will assist the company in preparation and release of bid documents for the equipment and construction contracts. NTPC Limited (BSE:532555) (New Delhi, India) prepared the detailed project report (DPR) in 2009.

Notably, UPRVUNL, along with engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BSE:500103) (BHEL) (New Delhi), recently commissioned the second 250-MW unit of the 500-MW expansion project. The first 250-MW unit was synchronized and commissioned in August 2011.

The Harduaganj thermal power station was established in the 1960s and consists of eight operational units developed in three stages, with a total installed capacity of 460 MW. This includes two 50-MW units, four 60-MW units, and one unit each of 110 MW and 250 MW. However, only three units with an aggregate capacity of 385 MW are currently operational. With the commissioning of the two new 250-MW units, the capacity of the Harduaganj plant has increased to 1,135 MW.

According to UPRVUNL, the expansion project will be developed within the existing premises. Land requirement for the unit addition has been estimated at 73 hectares. About 3.5 million tonnes of coal will be required annually to run the new unit at 70% plant load factor. The water required for the new unit will be sourced from the upper Ganga Canal. The power plant, which is located at Kasimpur in the Aligarh District of Uttar Pradesh, presently meets its fuel need from the linked mines of Eastern Coalfields Limited (Ranchi, Jharkhand).

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