Uttar Pradesh-Genco Synchronizes Another 250-Megawatt Unit at Harduaganj Plant

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources India (Delhi, India)--After a phase of recurrent delays, state-run power enterprise Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BSE:500103) (BHEL) (New Delhi, India) have synchronized the second 250-megawatt (MW) unit of the Harduaganj expansion project. The first 250-MW unit was synchronized and commissioned in August 2011. According to UPRVUNL sources, the new unit will be commissioned as soon as it achieves full load, mostly likely by the first week of May 2012.

The Harduaganj thermal power station was established in the 1960s, and it 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 capacities. However, only three units with an aggregate capacity of 385 MW are currently operational. With the commissioning of the new 250-MW unit, the capacity of the Harduaganj plant will increase to 635 MW. To revive this power plant, UPRVUNL is planning to install a 660-MW supercritical unit at the plant site.

BHEL, in November 2006, obtained the $270 million turnkey contract for the development of the expansion project. Since its inception, the 500-MW expansion project has faced repeated delays, the latest being a delay in the completion of electrical, control and instrumentation works, and the balance-of-plant units. This has delayed the commissioning of the units, which were originally scheduled to be commissioned in December 2010 and January 2011.

It has been estimated that about 1.98 million tonnes of coal will be required to run the new units at 70% plant load factor. The plant, which is in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, will meet its fuel needs from the linked mines of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (Dhanbad, Jharkhand) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (Ranchi, Jharkhand).

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