Obra Power Sonbhadra Tender

Scope To Set up 1600 MW Obra D Power Project in Sonbhadra Uttar PradeshIn a major move to add to Uttar Pradeshs power generation capacity and provide cheaper electricity to people the state cabinet approved a proposal for a joint venture between U.P. government and the National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC to set up Obra D project having two ultra super critical units with a total generation capacity of 1600 megawatt MW at Obra thermal power generation complex in Sonbhadra.The project with each unit having a generation capacity of 800 MW will be implemented with an investment of Rs 17927 crore. Both the state government and the NTPC will invest in the project on 5050 basis and have 30 percent equity while the remaining 70 percent will come from loan. The state governments equity will be around 2697 crore.Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the meeting of the state cabinet that gave go ahead to the Obra-D project to come at 500-acre land available there. This will be first such plant of its kind with advanced technology efficiency and has lesser consumption of coal.The coal for the plant would be available in the nearby area the power would be available from the plant for 4.89 per unit against 5.50 per unit available now. He said if required more land would be made available for the project.Uttar Pradesh has thermal power generation capacity of nearly 7000 MW and a large chunk of this capacity about one fourth would be generated from the proposed Obra-D plant. The power consumption in the state has been going up consistently.The power supply demand touched unprecedented peak of 27000 MW in summer. The state government and the NTPC had signed a memorandum of understanding MoU in this regard at the Global Investors Summit organised in Lucknow from February 10 to 12 2023.This was an ambitious MoU. The state government proposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was on a visit to Varanasi during that period to develop Obra Sonbhadra as the energy hub for the country. The PM gave necessary directives to the union minister for energy the secretary energy and the NTPC in this regard. The NTPC has now taken a step forward in this regard. The first unit of the Obra-D plant would be ready in 50 months while the second unit will be functional in 56 months six months after the first unit.