Alstom Hydro helps to sustain India's need for growth with new Teesta VI Project in Sikkim
Alstom Hydro* today announced that it has been awarded a new project with Lanco Infratech Limited, a private business conglomerate based in Gurgaon, India, to install a new power plant on the Teesta River, in India’s Sikkim region.
The electricity output of this new 500 MW plant will be connected to the country’s power grid and will help to meet growing power demand in India.
The river Teesta, fed by the snow and glaciers of Kanchenjungha and the great Himalayas, originates in north Sikkim at 8400m above sea level. It is a perennial river flowing through the territories of Sikkim, West Bengal and Bangladesh forming the single major river in the state over a river length of 175 km making River Teesta an ideal source for hydropower generation.
Within the scope of this contract, worth approximately €40 million, Alstom Hydro will supply 4 x 125 MW Francis turbines and generators, as well as the main inlet valves and control and protection systems. The contract also includes design, engineering, erection, testing and commissioning. The order will be fully executed by Alstom’s hydro facility in Vadodara, India, with the project scheduled for completion by 2013.
“This order consolidates Alstom’s position in India’s Hydro sector as we are able to execute the whole project locally, where our customers are” says Philippe Cochet, President of Alstom Hydro. “Alstom has already installed nearly 6.000 MW of the country’s hydro capacity of almost 37.000 MW and is currently building turbines and generators that will provide for as much as an additional 3 GW.”
Among the hydropower plants Alstom is currently installing in India are Lower Jurala (6 x 40 MW Bulb & generators), Chamera (3 x 77 MW Francis and generators), Uri-II (4 x 60 MW Francis), Chuzachen (2 x 55 MW Francis) and Subansiri (8 x 250 MW Francis and generators).
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