PM lays foundation stone for Patratu Super Thermal Power Project
26 May 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the 2400MW first phase of NTPC's Patratu Super Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand on Friday.
The project is a 74: 26 joint venture between government of Jharkhand (GoJ) and Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (PVUN), a subsidiary company of NTPC establishing a total capacity expansion of 4,000 MW.
R K Singh, union minister of state for power and new and renewable energy and eminent dignitaries from Jharkhand and the Centre were present on the occasion.
Envisioning the brighter future for India's 19th State, NTPC’s PVUNL is set to develop the project in two phases — 2,400 MW (3x800MW) in Phase-I and 1,600 MW (2x800 MW) in Phase-II, which will be developed later. This project will allocate 85 per cent of the power to Jharkhand that will benefit the state in the long run and help in the economic growth of the region. Under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) scheme, this project will ensure providing 24x7 power availability to the households.
The project has a dry ash disposable system, which is the second after NTPC's Dadri plant, zero-liquid discharge system, air-cooled condenser technology, the second such system after North Karanpura thermal power project, and rail loading facility for transportation of ash.
The project further complies with the new emission norms with high efficiency ESP, FGD and Nox emission control systems as well.
The engineering, procurement and construction contract of the project has been awarded to BHEL. The commissioning of the first unit is envisaged in 2022 and subsequently the other two units after an interval of six months each from the preceding unit.