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.
Reported status and procurement
Reported development
The page states that PPSP units operate in generation, pumping, and synchronous-condenser modes.
Procurement availability
Unknown / not established
A source report alone does not establish current progress or an open buying window.
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.
Project milestones
Attributed project events and plans. Source report dates and dossier release dates are separate.
Main project work · Work began
Reported event · date precision: month
Not independently corroborated.
This source report does not establish current progress.
Technical record for this milestone
Recorded event date: May 2002
Released statement reference: released-date:date:work_started
Derived from the reviewed date statement; this is not a verbatim source quotation.
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.
attribution
portal.wbsedcl.in
Source published not recorded · observed 2026-10-17
This source report does not establish current progress.
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.
Technical record for this milestone
Recorded event date: 2007
Released statement reference: released-date:date:commissioned
Derived from the reviewed date statement; this is not a verbatim source quotation.
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.
attribution
portal.wbsedcl.in
Source published not recorded · observed 2026-10-17
This source report does not establish current progress.
The same statement gives a historical scheduled completion deadline of 31.12.2007; it is not an outstanding forecast.
Technical record for this milestone
Recorded event date: 17.12.2007
Released statement reference: released-date:date:work_completed
Derived from the reviewed date statement; this is not a verbatim source quotation.
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.
attribution
portal.wbsedcl.in
Source published not recorded · observed 2026-10-17
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Project metadata
Country
India Based on reviewed release evidence
Region
Asia
Category
Energy Derived from released evidence
Physical assets
Electricity Transmission, Pumped Hydro
Based on this release's supporting evidence. Unresolved fields remain unclassified; these labels do not establish current progress or a buying window.
Released facts and supporting evidence
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Date
Reported as actual
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.
Attributed to portal.wbsedcl.in.
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-17
Sources and evidence · portal.wbsedcl.in
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-17
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.
Attributed to portal.wbsedcl.in.
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-17
Sources and evidence · portal.wbsedcl.in
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-17
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.
Attributed to portal.wbsedcl.in.
Source: portal.wbsedcl.in · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-17
Sources and evidence · portal.wbsedcl.in
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-17
Prior and superseded states remain labelled. Dates below identify source publication when known, otherwise source observation. They are not assumed event dates; each fact retains its own time qualifications.
No material timeline events have been released.
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