{"id":14747,"date":"2025-06-02T22:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/?p=14747"},"modified":"2025-06-02T22:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:56:23","slug":"synchronization-of-unit-4-170-mw-of-1020-mw-punatsangchhu-ii-hydroelectric-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/?p=14747","title":{"rendered":"Synchronization of Unit 4 (170 MW) of 1020 MW Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Today, Unit 4 (170 MW) of the Punatsangchhu\u2013II HEP (1020 MW) was successfully synchronized with the power grid. This follows commissioning of Units 1 and 2 in December 2024 and Unit 3 in March 2025. The remaining two units, Units 5 and 6, are expected to be commissioned later this year.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">A ceremony was held at the powerhouse to mark the milestone, in which Lyonpo Gem Tshering, Hon\u2019ble Minister of Energy &amp; Natural Resources; Shri Niteen Yeola, Charge d\u2019affaires, Embassy of India to Bhutan; senior officials from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and the project management team among others.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">India and Bhutan enjoy longstanding mutually beneficial cooperation in the hydropower sector. Both governments have partnered in the development of four major hydro-electric projects in Bhutan viz. Chukha HEP (336 MW), Kurichhu HEP (60 MW), Tala HEP (1020 MW) and Mangdechhu HEP (720 MW). Both sides now are working towards the full commissioning of the Punatsangchhu-II HEP (1020 MW) this year.<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">***<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">30 May 2025<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thimphu<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/?attachment_id=14778\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-14778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture-1-9.15.30\u202fpm-300x174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture-1-9.15.30\u202fpm-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture-1-9.15.30\u202fpm-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture-1-9.15.30\u202fpm-400x231.png 400w, https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Picture-1-9.15.30\u202fpm.png 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Unit 4 (170 MW) of the Punatsangchhu\u2013II HEP (1020 MW) was successfully synchronized with the power grid. This follows commissioning of Units 1 and 2 in December 2024 and Unit 3 in March 2025. The remaining two units, Units 5 and 6, are expected to be commissioned later this year. \u00a0 A ceremony was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":14777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apa","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14779,"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747\/revisions\/14779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moenr.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}