NEEPCO synchronises 4th & last unit of 150 MW of the 600 MW Kameng HEP

After four days of synchronising unit-3 of Kameng Hydro Electric Project in Arunachal Pradesh, NEEPCO has synchronised its 4th & last unit of 150 MW on January 19
NEEPCO synchronises 4th & last unit of 150 MW of the 600 MW Kameng HEP
  • NEEPCO synchronises 4th & last unit of 150 MW of the 600 MW Kameng HEP

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New Delhi: NEEPCO has successfully synchronised the fourth & last generating unit of 150 MW (unit-4) of its giant 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Plant with the grid on January 19. With this, the total four units of 600 MW of Kameng Hydro Electric Project in Arunachal Pradesh have been synchronised with the grid. Units-1, 2 and 3 of 150 MW each have already been commissioned earlier in June, July 2020 and January 2021 respectively.

The power plant is the largest hydropower plant commissioned in the North East so far. This mega plant will completely change the power scenario of the North East and will also supply reliable and flexible hydropower for crucial balancing of solar and wind power in the grid. Apart from many North-Eastern states, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal also purchase power from the plant.

NEEPCO CMD's experience came handy

The construction of the plant posed many unprecedented challenges in the past. However, it picked up huge momentum under the dynamic leadership of NEEPCO's current Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) VK Singh, when he was appointed as Technical (Director) of NEEPCO in 2016. Singh has 31 years background of hands-on experience in more than a dozen hydropower plants from NHPC.

The plant has been constructed in the most challenging geographical part of West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh having extremely poor geology of young fragile Himalayas. It has two large dams, the farthest being around 78 km from the powerhouse, 14.5 km long Head Race Tunnel, 3.75 km long pressure tunnel and penstock and four generating units of 150 MW each. The plant has one of the most challenging construction features in the world. It feeds power through a 400 KV double circuit transmission line to the national grid. The plant is designed to generate 3353 million units of clean electrical energy annually.

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