The project is located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, to be built on River Siyom entailing an investment of INR60bn ($1.1bn), reported the Hindu Business Line.
Employing four units of 175MW each, the project is expected to generate about 3,000MWh of energy per annum with an annual load of about 50%.
The electricity produced at the project, to be executed by Reliance Power subsidiary Tato Hydro Power, will be sold to BSES Rajdhani Power and BSES Yamuna Power under a power purchase agreement and will be supplied to the power starved Delhi region.
Reliance Power is currently developing a cumulative 4,620MW of hydroelectric power capacities at seven locations in the country, expected to be completed over the next decade.
