📋 Tender Overview
Scope: To Set up 500 MW Hirong Hydropower Project at Hirong in Shi-Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydropower project is in the pipeline in Shi-Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh. This project to be set up in place would be executed by the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), a government of India enterprise.
CM Pema Khandu have challenges in terms of difficult terrains and topography. They need to convert these challenges into resources and hydropower is one way of doing it. The hydropower project will be set up at Hirong with capacity of 500 MW. The project would be executed by NEEPCO, replacing private agencies engaged earlier.
Hirong is a 500MW hydro power project. It is planned on Siyom river/basin in Arunachal Pradesh, India. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the permitting stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2029 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2031.
The project is being developed by Jaypee Arunachal Power and North Eastern Electric Power. Jaiprakash Power Ventures and North Eastern Electric Power are currently owning the project.
Hirong is a run-of-river project. The hydro reservoir capacity is planned to be 19.39 million cubic meter. The gross head and net head of the project will be 336.75m and 314m respectively. 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, is expected to be 2 in number. The penstock length will be 383m. The penstock diameter will be 4.25m. The project is expected to generate 2,228.28 GWh of electricity.
The hydro power project consists of 4 turbines, each with 125MW nameplate capacity. The project will have 4 electric generators installed at the project site. The generator capacity is likely to be 139 MVA.
Patner :
NORTH EASTERN ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION LIMITED (NEEPCO)
Address : Brookland Compound, Lower New Colony,
Shillong-793 003, Meghalaya
India
Tel : 0364 2220014
Fax: 0364-2226417
Website : https://neepco.co.in/
