Built on the river Alaknanda in Pauri Garhwal district, the greenfield hydro project features fourpower generation units, each with a capacity of 82.5MW.
The project, which is launched by Alaknanda Hydro Power (GVK Group), will utilize the waters of River Alaknanda by way of a diversion dam.
Power produced from the project will be supplied to the Uttar Pradesh Government under a power purchase agreement. Around 12% of the output will be supplied to the Uttarakhand state.
The project is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while contributing to the country’s low carbon development target.
Bhel was responsible for design, production, supply, installation and commissioning of four units of Francis turbines, generators, static excitation system, generator transformer, unit transformer and station transformer.
The company also provided main inlet valve, digital governors, control and monitoring system, Busduct, associated station auxiliaries as well as 400kV switchyard and electrical and mechanical balance of plant.
In Uttarakhand, Bhel is currently working on a series of hydro power projects, including 171MW Lata Tapovan, 520MW Tapovan Vishnugarh, 120MW Vyasi and 444MW Vishnugarh Pipalkoti.
