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North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited

(A Government of India Enterprise)


AGARTALA GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT

A Profile
 
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INTRODUCTION
 

This project is located in the West Tripura District of the state of Tripura near the capital town of Agartala .The project runs on an Open Cycle Mode and consists of 4 Gas Turbines of 21 MW each of European Gas Turbine make operating on natural gas obtained from the gas fields in the vicinity. The Project has been financed through the budgetary support of the Government of India and partially through external commercial borrowings from the Deutsche Bank, Germany . The Project has been completed at a cost of Rs 322.55 Crores with a 50:50 debt equity ratio. The Project was completed in 1997-98 and it is presently in commercial operation.

 
Overview of Agartala Project Power House
 

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FEATURES
 

Name ::

AGARTALA GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT

 

Capacity ::

84 MW (4 x 21 MW)

 

Location ::

Ramchandra Nagar, TRIPURA (WEST)

 

Approach ::

by rail:

•  From Guwahati ( Assam ) to Kumarghat (Tripura) and then by road up to AGTP, NEEPCO Ltd., Agartala.

by road:

•  Guwahati to Agartala Project Site via Shillong= 600 K.M.

by air:

•  It is 45 minutes of flight time from Kolkata & 45 minutes from Guwahati. Agartala Air Port to Project Site Approx.2 2 KM by road via Agartala.

 

Date of Commissioning ::

Unit-I

6-February-1998
Unit-II 25-February-1998
Unit-III 29-March-1998
Unit-IV 26-June-1998
   
Beneficiary States :: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.


Technical Features ::


Type of Fuel: Natural Gas
Turbine Type: Frame V
Generator Type : T 600

 
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ACHIEVEMENT
 

 
 
Recipient of the Best O&M Plant Award amongst NEEPCO Power Plants during the year 2003 – 2004.

Incentive earned for Generation beyond 80% PLF ( Actual PLF is 86.7% during the year 2005-06 ).

Nomination by the Tripura State Pollution Control Board for Conferring Rajiv Gandhi Environmental Award For Clean Technology 05-06 and National Award for Prevention of Pollution 05-06
 
   
 
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STATUS OF GENERATION:
 

a)

Generation during December '2008

:

55 MU

b)

Generation during 2007-2008( 01/04/07 to 31/03/08 )

:

660 MU

 

 

 

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CONTACT PERSON
 

 HEAD OF PROJECT

 Project Head

P.C. Bhattacharjee

Designation

General Manager (E/M)

Telephone (O)

0381 2391269 (O), 0381 2391268 (F)

 INMARSAT

 Telephone (R)

  0381 2391282

 E-Mail

hopagtp@neepco.gov.in

 
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