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 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) 3 X 660 MW(Stage1) under construction
Make and modelTechnopromexport (TPE)
BHEL
Nameplate capacity1,320 MW, 1,980 MW upcoming
External links
Website www.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 1,320MW (2x660 MW) Barh Stage-2 built by BHEL is operational while 1,980MW (3x660 MW) Barh Stage-1 is being built by Russian firm Technopromexport (TPE).

Bihar's share is 1183 MW from NTPC Barh(26% from stage 1 and 50% from stage 2).[4][5][6]

The main power plant and the township is spread over an area of 1,186 acres. The legal possession of 1,186 acres of land has been acquired for setting up the main power plant and its township 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.[7]

Project Cost

The plant is to produce 3,300MW of power at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore.[4][8] The total approved cost of stage-1 (660MWx3) 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.[9] 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,[10] 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 1000 km away.[11]

StageUnit NumberCapacity (MW)EPC ContractorDate of CommissioningStatus
1st1660TechnopromexportTo start from December 2019. Delayed as Technoproexport is saying it has entered a loss-making contract and is asking for $570 million before it can fulfil its obligation to which NTPC objected.[12]
2660TechnopromexportTo start from December 2020. Delayed
3660TechnopromexportTo start from August 2021.Delayed
2nd4660Bharat Heavy Electricals2013 NovemberRunning
5660Bharat Heavy Electricals2015 MarchRunning [13]
TotalFive3300

Boiler Balance Work Of Stage -I

Boiler Balance Work of Stage-I (3 x 660 MW)(BSTPP) | 3 || 660 MW ||Boiler Erection Balance Work allotted to DOOSAN POWER SYSTEMS INDIA LTD,(KOREA) Company And The work is going under the contract Company M/s.Power Mech Projects Ltd., || March 2016 || Running [14][15]

References
  1. Chaudhary, Pranava K. (9 August 2008). "Barh thermal power plant in a limbo". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  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.
  4. Roshan, Rakesh (25 November 2012). "50% allocation from Barh NTPC phase-II project". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. "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.
  6. Jayanta Gupta (5 October 2013). "Haldia back in business, records 26% growth". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  7. Chaudhary, Pranava K. (9 August 2008). "Barh thermal power project finally gets underway". The Times Of India. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  8. Our Special Correspondent (22 May 2012). "CM sets off Barh countdown". The Telegraph, Calcutta. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  9. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/ntpc-starts-its-operations-at-unit-i660-mwbarh-super-thermal-power-project-stage-il-_1000355.html
  10. "Uniform Pricing Of Power Ruled Out, Says Power Minister RK Singh".
  11. Santanu Sanyal (12 September 2013). "IWAI receives bids for coal movement for NTPC's Barh project". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  12. http://www.livemint.com/Industry/9jB1oseNZzEGfx7UxC8bRO/Barh-project-NTPC-alleges-mismanagement-at-Russian-stateow.html
  13. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/ntpc-commissions-fifth-unit-of-barh-thermal-project-in-bihar/articleshow/46465706.cms
  14. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/ntpc-awards-balance-work-of-main-plant-package-for-barh-i-stpp-3x660-mw-116012901643_1.html
  15. http://powermechprojects.in/about-us/23-latest-news-home-page.html
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