Grid Corporation of Orissa Ltd the bulk purchaser of power in the state, today signed Power Purchase Agreements with state owned power utilities Orissa Hydro Power Corporation and Orissa Thermal Power Corporation Ltd for purchase of power from their proposed power plants.

The agreement between Gridco and OHPC was signed between Mr SK Pattanayak director finance of OHPC and Mr AC Mallik director commercial of Gridco.

The pact with OHPC is meant for purchase of power from three proposed hydro electric plants Sindol-I, Sindol-II and Sindol-III with a combined capacity of 322 MW. These hydro-electric projects will be set up at Deogaon in Sambalpur district and Kapasira and Godhaneswar, both in Sonepur district.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr PK Jena the state energy secretary and chairman of OHPC said that “All the three hydel projects will be constructed over the Mahanadi river. There will neither be submergence of forests nor displacement of people because of these projects. The detailed project report for the Sindol-I project has been prepared.”

The Sindol cascade hydro electric project would consist of three power stations integrated with three barrages located between Sambalpur and Sonepur districts of Orissa. It envisages utilization of the regulated releases from Hirakud reservoir together with the additional discharges due to spills and inflows from downstream intermediate catchments for power generation.

The three hydro electric projects are set to help to restore the hydro thermal mix of the power sector in the state.

(Sourced from BS)