"The power plant has been commissioned at Monarchak, 66 km from Agartala city. The order for the Advanced-class gas turbine-based 101 MW CCPP was placed on BHEL by North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO)," the company said in a press release.
The Gas Turbine of 65.4 MW rating of the project was earlier commissioned by BHEL in March. With the commissioning of the 35.6 MW Steam Turbine, BHEL has now commissioned the 101 MW CCPP.
BHEL's scope of work in the project included supply of Gas Turbine, Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG), Steam Turbine, Generators and state-of-the-art Controls & Instrumentation (C&I), including plant civil work.
Being a gas-rich state, the major share of the power requirement of Tripura is met through Gas based projects.
With the commissioning of this project, the share of BHEL supplied sets in the installed power generating capacity of Tripura state has gone up to 88 per cent, with BHEL having supplied 1,000 MW of generating equipment so far.