Seli is a 400MW hydro power project. It is planned on Chenab river/basin in Himachal Pradesh, India. The project is currently in permitting stage. It will be developed in single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2022 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2025.

Project Type	Total Capacity (MW)	Active Capacity (MW)	Pipeline Capacity (MW)	Project Status	Project Location	Project Developer
Hydropower	400	–	400	Permitting	Himachal Pradesh, India	NTPC

Description

The project is being developed and currently owned by NTPC.

Seli is a run-of-river with pondage project. The hydro reservoir capacity is planned to be 8.223 million cubic meter. The gross head and net head of the project will be 114.92m and 108.35m respectively. The project is expected to generate 1,474.03 GWh of electricity. The project cost is expected to be around $645.547m.

The hydro power project consists of 4 turbines, each with 100MW nameplate capacity.

The project has 4 electric generators that will be installed at the project site.

Development Status

The project construction is expected to commence from 2022. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2025.

About NTPC

NTPC Ltd (NTPC) is an energy conglomerate. It has presence in the entire value chain of the power generation business. The company produces electricity and sells that to state power utilities on wholesale basis. NTPC generates electric power using the coal, gas, liquid fuel, hydro and renewable sources. It has interests in various power plants under development and implementation stages. The company also provides consultancy, project management and supervision; holds interests in coal mining blocks; and carries out energy trading, oil and gas exploration, training of power professionals, rural electrification, ash utilisation and coal mining. NTPC is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

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