At the beginning of this century, in 1911, a hydro power station with the name Khopoli was already built in the Indian Federal State of Maharashtra. At that time it was equipped with six units with an output of 12 MW each, which are still  partially in operation today.
 
Almost 90 years later end of 1999, Siemens’ hydro power section, now merged into Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation was awarded the contract to built a new hydro power station next to the old one which should be equipped with three units with an output of 24 MW each. The scope of supply for Voith Siemens Hydro covers three generators, electrical auxiliaries, automation as well as erection and commissioning. The contract came from the private power supply company TATA Power Company Limited, Mumbai, Maharahtra.

Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation is a Group Division of Voith and  with a workforce of around 2,400 employees and an annual turnover of over 600 Mio. € in the last fiscal year - is one of the worldwide leading companies for hydro power equipment.

We set standards worldwide for paper making technology, power transmission, power plant equipment, and for industrial services. Voith was founded on January 1st 1867. With annual sales of approx. EUR 3,3 billion, 24,000 employees and 180 locations worldwide Voith is one of the large family owned companies in Europe.