Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) today said it has successfully commissioned a 40 MW hydro electric generating unit of NHPC at the 4x40 MW Teesta Low Dam Hydro Electric Project (HEP) Stage-IV in West Bengal.
"With this, BHEL has commissioned hydro sets totaling to 770 MW in the current financial year. Notably, this is also the highest hydro commissioning by the company in a single fiscal year in the last 10 years," a BHEL statement said.
The project is a run-of-the-river Greenfield project located in Darjeeling district of West Bengal on the River Teesta. The other three units of the project are also in advanced stages of execution and the second unit is expected to be commissioned shortly, the company said.
BHEL is also executing 3x40 MW Rammam Stage-III hydro-electric project of NTPC in West Bengal.
The estimated annual energy generation of 720 Million Units from the project resulting in significant reduction of green-house gas emissions and will help in achieving a low carbon development path for the state as well as the nation. Other projects of NHPC currently under execution by BHEL are the 4x200 MW Parbati HEP Stage-II and the 3x110 MW Kishanganga HEP.
Significantly, hydro generating sets of more than 29,000 MW of various ratings have been contracted on BHEL in India and abroad. In the country, the company has so far commissioned nearly 400 Hydro generating sets of various ratings with a cumulative capacity of around 20,000 MW.
