Tender for Stage-III Expansion of Ib Thermal by End of Month: Singh Deo

THE Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) is planning to float a notice inviting tender (NIT) for stage-III expansion of the Ib Thermal Power Station (ITPS) at Banharpalli in Jharsuguda district by the end of this month.

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"Efforts are on to invite tenders for boiler-turbine-generator (BTG) package by the end of July while NIT will be floated for the balance of plant (BOP) for the two coal-based supercritical thermal power plants of 660 MW in September," said deputy chief minister and Energy minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo.

He said OPGC is also pursuing its maiden 50 MW solar power plant in its used ash pond for which NIT will also be floated in July. "If everything goes as per the plan, contracts for the BTG and BOP will be awarded by December and February next year respectively," Singh Deo added.