Tata’s Bhivpuri power plant turns 100
One of the oldest hydroelectric power plants in the country—located at Bhivpuri in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, which is run by the Tata Power Company—has marked its century.
The Bhivpuri plant, along with the Khopoli and Bhira, is among the first hydroelectric plants in the region that harnesses the major water resources of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra.
These three plants make up Mumbai’s ‘islanding system’, the backup power source that kicks in in case the metropolis’s power supply gets impacted—akin to an inverter system installed inside households.
The plant, one of the oldest in India, produces around 300 MUs of electricity annually and has provided clean energy for over 100 years to the nation.
