Bhubaneswar
:Jindal Power Limited (JPL), a company promoted by Jindal Steel & Power
Limited has commissioned the second unit of 600 MW of the 4x600 MW expansion
project at Tamnar in Raigarh district of Chattisgar 30-Mar-2014. The Tamnar
plant is the country’s first Mega Power Project in IPP (Independent Power
Plant).
It has been declared available
for commercial operation (COD) within a time frame of 28 months from the Boiler
Erection stage which is a record for a unit of this size – a new benchmark in the Power
sector in India.
The total capacity of Jindal
Power Limited has now reached 2200 MW. The first Unit of 600 MW was declared
COD on 14-Mar-2014 after getting commissioned on 10-Mar-2014. These two units
have achieved COD within a gap of 16 days which is a record for any power
station in the country.
The company in a statement
also informed that the third unit of 600 MW is completed and ready for
synchronization, while the company plans to commission its fourth unit of 600MW
by October 2014.
Speaking on the
commissioning - Mr. Ravi Uppal,
MD&CEO, JSPL,said –“The company has achieved this impressive feat by adopting the best practices in project
construction, IT enabled and web based Project Management tools and most
innovative commissioning methods thereby achieving
unprecedented operational efficiencies”.
“On completion
of the expansion project of (600X4) 2400 MW- JPL will have a total capacity of
3400 MW in Tamnar. We intend to become a significant thermal power player in India
over the next two years. We have a vision of having installed capacity of 10,000 MW by
the year 2020 with a unique approach of amalgamating diverse forms of power
including thermal, hydro, solar and wind energy.”
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