NLC to generate 1,500 mw more power within 5 months: CMD
6 July 2014 11:44 PM GMT
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC)-owned new thermal power stations in Tamil Nadu would generate an additional 1,500 mw power within five months, a senior official has said. Addressing a Technical Committee meeting, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Chairman and Managing Director B Surender Mohan said that four new thermal units with a combined capacity of 1,500 mw will be commissioned within the next five months at Neyveli and Tuticorin.
Out of this figure, expansion of two units at Neyveli Thermal Power Station-II with a capacity of 250 mw each are nearing completion at a cost of Rs 3,027.59 crore, he said. Two other units with a generating capacity of 500 mw each under a joint venture with Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNGDCL) would also be commissioned within five months at a cost of about Rs 4,910 crore, the Neyveli Lignite Corporation chairman and managing director informed. At present Neyveli Lignite Corporation is generating 2,490 mw of power.
Out of this figure, expansion of two units at Neyveli Thermal Power Station-II with a capacity of 250 mw each are nearing completion at a cost of Rs 3,027.59 crore, he said. Two other units with a generating capacity of 500 mw each under a joint venture with Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNGDCL) would also be commissioned within five months at a cost of about Rs 4,910 crore, the Neyveli Lignite Corporation chairman and managing director informed. At present Neyveli Lignite Corporation is generating 2,490 mw of power.
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