Jindal Power limited (JPl), a company promoted by Jindal Steel & Power limited (JSPl) has successfully commissioned the second unit of its 4 x 600 MW expansion project at Tamnar in Raigarh district.
The Tamnar plant is the country’s first ‘Mega Power Project’ in IPP (Independent Power Plant) category, claimed a company press release here on Monday. The company’s second unit had now 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, it claimed.
With this, JPl’s total power generation capacity has now reached 2200 MW. The first Unit of 600 MW was declared COD on March 14 after getting commissioned on March 10 this year. These two units have achieved COD within a gap of 16 days which is a record for any power station in the country, it claimed.
The company in the statement also informed that the third unit of 600 MW is completed and ready for synchronization, while it plans to commission its fourth unit of 600 MW by October 2014.
Speaking on the commissioning of the second unit, 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) that is 2400 MW- JPl will have a total capacity of 3400 MW at Tamnar. The company intends 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”, he stated.