Rangit Power Station is a 60MW hydro power project. It is located on Rangit river/basin in Sikkim, India. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 1990 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2000. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is developed and owned by NHPC.
Rangit Power Station is a run-of-river project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 1.175 million cubic meter. The net head of the project is 129.67m. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 1 in number. The penstock length is 287.76m. The penstock diameter is 3.5m. The project generated 338.61 GWh of electricity.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 1990 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2000.
Power purchase agreement
Damodar Valley, Department of Power, Sikkim, GRIDCO and Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam are the power offtakers from the project.
Contractors involved
Bharat Heavy Electricals was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 3 units of francis turbines, each with 20MW nameplate capacity.
Bharat Heavy Electricals supplied electric generator(s) for the project. The generator capacity is 22.22 MVA.
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About NHPC
NHPC Ltd (NHPC), a Government of India Enterprise, is an energy utility that plans, promotes and organizes the development of hydro power plants. The company also generates electricity using hydro, wind and solar sources. NHPC’s offerings cover the development of conventional and non-conventional sources in India and abroad. Through long-term power purchase agreements, it sells electricity to electricity utilities owned by state governments/private distribution companies on wholesale basis. The company also carries out business operations which includes planning of wind and tidal wave projects in the country; and has interests in various projects in under construction and under development phases. NHPC is headquartered in Faridabad, Haryana, India.
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