December 03, 2008

Bengal CM dedicates 900 MW hydel project

Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee chief minister of West Bengal has on the weekend dedicated 900 MW pump storage hydel power project at Ayodhya Hills in Purulia to the state.

The 900 MW and INR 2,953 crore project, funded by Japan Bank of International Co operation, became operational between October 2007 and January 2008 helping the state power utilities to run at high plant load factor during non peak hours and maintaining the grid stability. The projects uses 1100 MW power to pump water on the storage tank at the hill top during the non peak hours followed by production of hydel power during the peak hours.

The project, therefore, will correct the basic imbalance in the system and will make profit by selling high cost power during the peak hours. Purulia pump storage project was conceived in 1978. The detailed project report was prepared in 1992.