Team News Riveting
Raipur, June 26
Sharda Energy and Minerals Limited (SEML), a flagship arm of Chhattisgarh-based Sharda Group, had announced that unit one of Rongnichu (Sikkim) Hydro Power Plant under subsidiary had commenced full load commercial operation.
“We are pleased to inform that the unit No. one of 56.5 MW of 113 MW Rongnichu Hydro Electric Plant installed by Madhya Bharat Power Corporation Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, has been granted clearance under Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2016 for supply of power post successful completion of trial run operation after demonstrating continuous operation at full load for 12 hours and testing for 10 per cent overload (62.15 MW) on 25th June 2021,” SEML said in a regulatory filing today.
The test run of Unit 2 is progressing satisfactorily, the company said.
The 1st unit of 56.5 MW was synchronized with the grid in the evening hours on 18th April 2021. It was followed by the second unit.
The project is close to State Highway NH31A. The power generated shall be evacuated by a 7.5Km long 220KV D/C line from kumrek generating substation to PGCIL’s Rangpo pooling substation at Samardung.
