Chamera III hydro completed

15 July 2012


Alstom has successfully achieved the synchronisation and full load of the three 77 MW units of the Chamera III hydro power plant project, which is situated on the river Ravi in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.

Commissioning was completed 3 weeks ahead of schedule, first synchronisation coinciding with the first availability of water after the dam reached the required level.

Previously, Alstom had successfully completed the spinning of 3 Francis vertical turbines, recording a rated speed of 333 rotations per minute in a record time of less than 10 hours, thereby setting a new benchmark for the spinning of turbines within the Indian hydro sector.

With a total of 233.6 MW, the 3 units have already been handed over officially to National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, which has declared the start of commercial operation.

Complete turbine, generator, main inlet valve, governing, control & protection systems were designed, manufactured and supplied from Alstom's Vadodara facility. The power generated from this project provides additional power capacity to the Northern Grid to meet the nation’s developing demand, feeding Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan.

Following the successful completion of this project, Alain Spohr Unit Managing Director, Alstom Hydro India said, “Hydroelectric power is essential to achieve the ambitious goal of the Indian government to expand the “Twelth Plan” to 90000 MW.” The Chamera stage-III project, a run-of-the-river scheme, will generate 1100 million units annually during a 90% dependable year. The project is an integral part of the government’s initiative to move towards green and CO2-free energy usage.




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