Introduction
This 135 MW (4 x 21 MW + 2 x 25.5 MW) Combined Cycle Power Plant is located in the West Tripura District of the state of Tripura near the capital town of Agartala.
Initially the project consisted of 4 Gas Turbines of 21 MW each of European Gas Turbine make operating on natural gas obtained from the gas fields of M/S ONGC at Tripura. The Project was financed through the budgetary support of the Government of India and partially through external commercial borrowings from the Deutsche Bank, Germany. The Project was completed in 1997-98 at a cost of Rs.322.55 Crores with a 50:50 debt equity ratio.
The plant has been converted to combined cycle power plant with installation & commissioning of 4 Nos. HRSG of Thermax make and 2 Nos. Steam Turbine of Siemens make of capacity 25.5 MW each. The project was financed through internal resource and external commercial borrowings from SBI, Singapore with 30:70 debt equity ratio.
The plant is presently running as a combined cycle unit with 2 (two) modules consisting of two Gas Turbines, two HRSGs and one Steam Turbine in each module.
