The Nandipur Power Plant has been successfully converted to liquefied natural gas (LNG), as of Saturday, 22 April 2017.
The Nandipur Power Plant operational since July 2015, was utilising furnace oil as fuel source. The plant had been unable to operate at full capacity. Following conversion to LNG, the plant will produce an additional 100MW increasing its capacity to 525MW.
In order to shift the plant from furnace oil to LNG, an 88KM pipeline was laid. The conversion, besides increasing output, will also reduce operating costs.
The conversion plans to shift fuel source and increase capacity first discussed in February 2017 when a long-term operation and maintenance agreement for the plant was signed with Northern Power Generation Company Limited (NPGCL) and MS Hydro Electric Power System Engineering Company of China (HEPSEC) for a period of 10 years.
At present, the Nandipur Power Plant is running on LNG on a testing basis, which will continue till May 1, when the plant is expected to generate electricity on a commercial basis, the sources have informed.
