Following the latest development, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which is the overall contractor, formally commissioned the green field project, which can generate approximately 1,770 GWh.
The Rampur power project’s first unit was commissioned on 20 March 2014.
The project has been designed to generate 1,770 million units of electricity per annum using surface power house which comprises six vertical axis Francis turbine units, each with a capacity of 68.67MW.
About 30% of the power generated from the plant will be supplied to SJVN’s equity partner Himachal Pradesh in addition to 12% free power, while the remaining power will be supplied to the grid in states including Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh and Delhi.
The Rampur hydroelectric project is considered to be the second stage development of the up-stream SJVN-owned 1,500MW Nathpa Jhakri hydro power station.
The project also features a 15.177km-long head race tunnel, a 165m deep surge shaft and a 54m-long tail race tunnel with an open channel as well as three Penstocks of varying lengths bifurcating near the power house to feed the generating machines.
