MEIL to build 4 GW of pumped storage projects in Maharashtra

Around $252.53m will be invested for these.

Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Maharashtra Government’s Department of Water Resources to develop two pumped storage projects with a total capacity of 4,000 megawatts.

Under the agreement, MEIL will build, operate, and maintain the Kamod Pumped Storage Project in Nandurbar District and the Ghosla Pumped Storage Project in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar District. These two projects will involve an investment of around $252.53m (INR21,100 crores).

The projects are off-stream in nature and are planned to provide a minimum of six hours of energy storage on a daily basis. These will also have new reservoirs utilising the head for the generation of power.

A powerhouse with reversible pump turbines, generators, and other ancillary systems will be installed between the two reservoirs, interconnected through a water conductor system. The reversible turbines will pump water during non-peak hours and generate power during peak demand. 

Water for the projects will be drawn from existing reservoirs or dams for initial filling and replenished annually to compensate for losses due to evaporation and seepage.

MEIL plans to complete the Ghosla project within three and a half years, and the Kamod project in five years.

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