Arunachal : Successful synchronization of Kameng hydel project

The fourth and remaining 150 mw unit of the 600 mw Kameng hydro-power plant with grid was successfully synchronized by the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), on Tuesday.

A NEEPCO release stated that, the synchronization of all the four 150 mw units of the region’s largest hydro-power plant has been successfully achieved.

Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the power plant was commissioned during June/July, 2020 and Unit 3 was commissioned earlier this month by the power developer.

“The power plant is the largest hydropower plant commissioned in the Northeast so far and is expected to completely change the power scenario of the region,” the release said.

The construction of the plant has been done in a tough geographical part of West Kameng district that have very poor geology of young fragile Himalayas.

It has two large dams, the farthest being around 78 kms from the powerhouse, 14.5 km long head race tunnel, 3.75 km long pressure tunnel and penstock and four generating units of 150 mw each.

The plant feeds power through a 400 kv double-circuit transmission line to the national grid. The plant is designed to generate 3353 million units of clean electrical energy annually.

“The construction of the plant posed many unprecedented challenges in the past. However, it picked up huge momentum under the leadership of present NEEPCO CMD VK Singh, who has 31 years of experience in developing hydel projects,” the release added.