# Purulia Pumped Storage Project (PPSP)
Publisher: CapexCue
Canonical dossier:
Dossier reference: release 1 (8c3ee7c7-83b9-458e-80d4-f314cfeb5f63)
Released project intelligence
Oldest supporting observation: 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
Dossier released: 2026-10-17T14:21:15.312067+00:00
Source report dates and capture dates are listed per fact below; neither establishes an event date.
## Project summary
Purulia Pumped Storage Project (PPSP) is a reported 900 MW closed-loop pumped-storage project in Ayodhya Hills, Bagmundi block, Purulia District, West Bengal. Its stated works include reservoirs and dams, water conductors, an underground powerhouse and transformer cavern, and associated transmission and switchyard infrastructure. Main works were completed on 17.12.2007; the page states commissioning in 2007.
## Evidence limits and unknowns
- The supplied project text does not identify a current procurement, retrofit package, supplier package, or buying window.
Current purchasing availability: unknown.
Source-dated plans do not establish current progress or available supplier packages.
## Project metadata
Country: India
Region: Asia
Physical assets: Electricity Transmission, Pumped Hydro
Derived from the exact released evidence; unresolved fields remain unclassified.
## Project category
Energy
Derived from the reviewed scope statement; delivery stage remains unclassified.
A closed-loop pumped-storage plant with 900 MW installed capacity (4 × 225 MW). The physical works include upper and lower rockfill dams and reservoirs, twin water conductors, an underground powerhouse with four reversible vertical Francis pump-turbines, an underground transformer cavern with four main transformers, an access tunnel, a 400 kV gas-insulated switchyard, a cable tunnel, and two 400 kV double-circuit transmission lines connected with Durgapur and New PPSP substations.
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Project milestones
Project event times are distinct from source publication, observation and dossier release dates. An elapsed plan does not establish completion.
### Main project work · Work began
Event time: May 2002 (month)
Status: Reported event
Basis: Reviewed date statement; not a verbatim source quotation.
Released statement reference: released-date:date:work_started
Released statement: Main project work started in May 2002 and was completed on 17.12.2007, ahead of the scheduled completion date of 31.12.2007. The page states the project was commissioned in 2007.
Corroboration: uncorroborated
Limitation: This source report does not establish current progress.
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
### Project · Commissioning reported
Event time: 2007 (year)
Status: Reported event
Basis: Reviewed date statement; not a verbatim source quotation.
Released statement reference: released-date:date:commissioned
Released statement: Main project work started in May 2002 and was completed on 17.12.2007, ahead of the scheduled completion date of 31.12.2007. The page states the project was commissioned in 2007.
Corroboration: uncorroborated
Limitation: This source report does not establish current progress.
Limitation: Commissioning is reported only to the year; no exact commissioning date is established. Its order relative to main-work completion within that year is not established.
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
### Main project work · Completed
Event time: 17.12.2007 (day)
Status: Reported event
Basis: Reviewed date statement; not a verbatim source quotation.
Released statement reference: released-date:date:work_completed
Released statement: Main project work started in May 2002 and was completed on 17.12.2007, ahead of the scheduled completion date of 31.12.2007. The page states the project was commissioned in 2007.
Corroboration: uncorroborated
Limitation: This source report does not establish current progress.
Limitation: The same statement gives a historical scheduled completion deadline of 31.12.2007; it is not an outstanding forecast.
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
Project overview
Oldest decisive evidence: 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
Newest evidence: 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
Knowledge reviewed: 2026-10-17T14:19:39.525090+00:00
Publication reviewed: 2026-10-17T14:20:53.067737+00:00
## Date
Main project work started in May 2002 and was completed on 17.12.2007, ahead of the scheduled completion date of 31.12.2007. The page states the project was commissioned in 2007.
Status: actual
Attribution: portal.wbsedcl.in
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Name
Purulia Pumped Storage Project (PPSP)
Status: reported
Attribution: portal.wbsedcl.in
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Scope
A closed-loop pumped-storage plant with 900 MW installed capacity (4 × 225 MW). The physical works include upper and lower rockfill dams and reservoirs, twin water conductors, an underground powerhouse with four reversible vertical Francis pump-turbines, an underground transformer cavern with four main transformers, an access tunnel, a 400 kV gas-insulated switchyard, a cable tunnel, and two 400 kV double-circuit transmission lines connected with Durgapur and New PPSP substations.
Status: reported
Attribution: portal.wbsedcl.in
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Sector
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power.
Status: reported
Attribution: portal.wbsedcl.in
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Finance
The page says project cost was funded through loan assistance from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JICA) and a grant from the Government of West Bengal.
Status: reported
Attribution: portal.wbsedcl.in
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Activity
The page states that PPSP units operate in generation, pumping, and synchronous-condenser modes.
Status: reported
Attribution: portal.wbsedcl.in
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Location
Ayodhya Hills region, under the Bagmundi block, Purulia District, West Bengal, India.
Status: reported
Attribution: portal.wbsedcl.in
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Investment
Reported project completion cost: Rs 2491.38 crore, against a revised project cost of Rs 2952 crore.
Status: reported
Attribution: portal.wbsedcl.in
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in — https://portal.wbsedcl.in/irj/go/km/docs/internet/new_website/PPSP.html | published unknown | observed 2026-10-17T14:12:08.770614+00:00
## Cite this dossier
CapexCue — Purulia Pumped Storage Project (PPSP) — dossier released 2026-10-17T14:21:15.312067+00:00, release 1 (8c3ee7c7-83b9-458e-80d4-f314cfeb5f63) — https://capexcue.com/projects/purulia-pumped-storage-project-ppsp-51ad50ec-f58/.
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