Barh Super Thermal Power Station

Barh Super Thermal Power Station or NTPC Barh is located in Barh in the Indian state of Bihar.[1][2][3] NTPC Barh is located barely four kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the Barh sub-division on National Highway-31 in Patna district. The project has been named a mega power project, and is owned by Indian energy company National Thermal Power Corporation.

Barh Super Thermal Power Station
As seen from NH 30
Location of the Barh Super Thermal Power Station
CountryIndia
LocationBarh, Bihar
Coordinates25°29′11.4″N 85°44′42.6″E
StatusOperational
Construction began1999
Commission dateOctober 2013
Owner(s)NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational2 X 660 MW(Stage 2) operational
3 X 660 MW(Stage 1) operational
Make and modelDoosan Heavy Industries
BHEL
Nameplate capacity3300 MW
External links
Websitewww.ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27%3Afuture-plans&catid=30%3Athe-community&Itemid=76&lang=en

The project has been contested as it is nearby Himalayan Range and needs stricter anti-pollution controls.

The 1,320 MW (2 x 660 MW) Barh Stage-2 built by BHEL is operational while 1,980 MW (3 x 660 MW) Barh Stage-1 was being built by Russian firm Technopromexport (TPE).

Russian firm Technopromexport (TPE) was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for stage one development in May 2005. However, the contract was terminated in 2014 due to contractual disputes. NTPC awarded a £205m ($294m) contract to Korean firm Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction to design, produce and install three 660MW boilers for stage one in January 2016.[4]

Bihar's share is 1183 MW from NTPC Barh (26% from stage 1 and 50% from stage 2).[5][6][7]

The main power plant and the township is spread over an area of 1,186 acres (480 ha) of land, which includes 12 villages.

The then PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had laid the foundation stone of the main plant of stage-1 of NTPC Barh on March 6, 1999. The formal inauguration of its site office and laying of the foundation stone of the training centre at the plant site was done in September 2003.[8]

Project cost

The plant is to produce 3,300 MW of power at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore.[5][9] The total approved cost of stage-1 (660 MW x 3) has Rs 8,692.97 crore. The total approved cost of stage-2 (unit 1) plant is Rs 7,688.12 crore.

Capacity

Unit-1 of stage-2 commissioned in November 2013.[10] Unit-2 of stage-2 commissioned in March 2015. The first unit (of stage-I) of NTPC Barh is expected to start generation from December 2019 instead of the scheduled August 2020,[11] while the second and third units of stage-I will be made operational in December 2020 and August 2021, respectively.

Inland Waterways Authority of India received bids in 2013 September for coal movement on 1620 km National Waterway 1 (India) from Haldia to NTPC's Barh which is about 1,000 km (620 mi) away.[12]

StageUnit numberCapacity (MW)EPC contractorDate of commissioningStatus
1st1660Doosan Power Systems[13]October 2020 Running[14]
2660June 2022Running
3660July 2023Running[15]
2nd4660Bharat Heavy ElectricalsNovember 2013Running
5660March 2015Running[16]
TotalFive3300

Boiler balance work of Stage-I

The boiler balance work of Stage-I (3 x 660 MW)(BSTPP) was allotted to Doosan Power Systems India Ltd, (Korea) Company in January 2016.[17] The work is under contract with Power Mech Projects Ltd.[18]

Flue gas desulphurization addition

As per MOEF guidelines of Dec-2015 NTPC decided to add FGD units to all units to limit SOX emissions. BHEL was awarded the contract to supply FGD units.[19]

References
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  2. Chaudhary, Pranava K. (30 January 2014). "Bihar to get 5k MW by 2015". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. Bhaskar, Uptal (6 January 2014). "TPE, Power Machines delay Barh project in Bihar". The Wall Street Journal. Live Mint. H T Media. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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  5. Roshan, Rakesh (25 November 2012). "50% allocation from Barh NTPC phase-II project". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  6. "Power generation to be doubled to 4,000MW by next year: Nitish Kumar". Economic Times. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. PTI. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  7. Jayanta Gupta (5 October 2013). "Haldia back in business, records 26% growth". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  8. Chaudhary, Pranava K. (9 August 2008). "Barh thermal power project finally gets underway". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  9. Our Special Correspondent (22 May 2012). "CM sets off Barh countdown". The Telegraph, Calcutta. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  10. "NTPC Starts Its Operations At Unit-I Of 660 MW Of Barh Super Thermal Power Project Stage-Il". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  11. "Uniform Pricing Of Power Ruled Out, Says Power Minister RK Singh". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  12. Santanu Sanyal (12 September 2013). "IWAI receives bids for coal movement for NTPC's Barh project". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  13. "Barh Super Thermal Power Station: NTPC to commissionstage-I of Barh plant". The Times of India. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  14. Bhaskar, Utpal (9 July 2014). "Barh project: NTPC alleges mismanagement at Russian state-owned firm". mint. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  15. "Installed Electricity Generation Capacity of NTPC Group crosses 73 GW". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  16. "NTPC commissions fifth unit of Barh thermal project in Bihar". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  17. "NTPC awards balance work of Main plant package for Barh-I STPP (3x660 MW)". Business Standard India. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  18. "About Us". Power Mech Projects. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  19. "BHEL bags Rs 2,900 cr orders from NTPC for emission control equipment". ET Energyworld. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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