A 660-MW unit of the National Thermal Power Corporation's plant at Barh in the Patna district was synchronised with the grid on Sunday morning, and a company official predicted that Bihar will receive an additional 405 MW of electricity as a result. The unit was successfully synchronised around 9.30 am, according to NTPC spokesman Vishwanath Chandan. "The super critical based power project in Bihar comprises five units with 660 MW each, for a total
installed capacity of 3,300 MW. Given the current development, we may anticipate the last unit becoming operational in 2023–2024 "said Chandan. According to him, the three units that started operating earlier are now producing power successfully at a rate of over 1,600 MW for Bihar. "The plant's successful synchronisation would open the path for commissioning of the unit before the announcement of the plant's commercial operation," he said. In order to check the load factor and make sure all other aspects were operating according to protocol, the plant was linked to the grid during the synchronisation procedure.
According to Chandan, if the unit satisfies the Central Electricity Authority's (CEA) requirements for the turbine, boiler, water inflow, and outflow, it is commissioned within 90 days and run for 72 hours continuously at full load before being approved for commercial generating.
"The five units of the Barh plant are being built on approximately 3,200 acres of land at a total cost of over Rs 21,000 crore," he said, adding that the plant receives coal supplies from the CCL mines in Jharkhand and draws water from the Ganges.
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