Bokaro: Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), which operates two thermal power plants already in the district, has plans to install another Luggu-Pahar Pumped Storage Project on Bokaro River near Luggu Pahar area of the Gomia block here. The proposed Luggu Pahar Pumped Storage Project is situated about 15 km away from Gomia Block and 70 km away from district headquarter Bokaro. The Nearest Airport is Ranchi which is about 90 km (approximately) from the project site. Estimated cost of the project is Rs 5,200 crores, said sources.
New and Renewable energy and Power minister R K Singh had said that Damodar Valley Corporation has planned to set up Lugu-Pahar Pump storage project with approximately 1500 MW capacity on Bokaro river, near Lugu village in Bokaro district of Jharkhand. He said, “the project envisages construction of upper Dam across Kairo Jharna Nala with an underground Power House on the downstream of Upper dam and a Lower Dam across Bokaro river”.
Replying to questions in the Lok Sabha, Singh said many important steps have been taken for promotion of solar energy generation in the country including declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation up to the 2022 and permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 per cent under the automatic route. The minister said, launch of Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) will facilitate Renewable Energy power including solar power through exchanges.
Luggu Pahar Pumped Storage Project – The project will be a Close Loop type Pumped Storage Scheme. It will comprise two reservoirs: one at lower elevation and other one at upper elevation. The difference of water levels of the reservoirs will represent the effective “head” of the Project.
The water conductor system will connect the two reservoir through an underground power house. During peak hours power will be generated by releasing the water of upper reservoir through water conductor, turbines and generator installed at power house to Lower Reservoir.
During off peak hours the excess power from thermal stations and other sources will be utilized to pump the water from Lower Reservoir to Upper reservoir through power house where generators and turbines will then act as motors and pumps respectively. The same cycle of operation will be repeated during peak and lean period.
