VSP Begins Work on Blast Furnace Gas-Based Captive Power Plant
01/03/2013 - The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) in India today commenced the structural erection work, equipment erection of boiler and other civil works at the '120 MW Blast Furnace gas-based Captive Power Plant-II," the Economic Times reports.
The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), popularly known as Vizag Steel, today commenced the structural erection work, equipment erection of boiler and other civil works at the '120 MW Blast Furnace gas-based Captive Power Plant-II" in India.
VSP chairman and managing director A P Choudhary said the works related to the power plant were being set up at an estimated cost of Rs 677 crores (US$124.4 million), a news release said.
It is a unique power plant as it utilizes 100% blast furnace gas for power generation, the release said, adding that this also makes the new power plant environment friendly and free of pollution.
VSP is planning to add another 120 MW of power to the present capacity by using NEDO technology and commissioning of Turbo generator-5 shortly, taking the total power generation capacity to around 400 MW, Choudhary said.
The CMD also stressed the need for timely completion of the project by 2013 while taking all safety precautions and practices, so as to minimize dependency on the grid, while reducing the pollution and carbon consumption, the release added.
Click here to read this article from the Economic Times.
