New thermal station in UP starts generation
July 7th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANSLucknow, July 6, (IANS) Power-starved Uttar Pradesh got a breather Friday as the 250 MW unit-5 Parichha extension thermal power started commercial generation.
Dheeraj Sahu, Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) said with this, the installed capacity of UPRVUNL power is 4,433 MW, while installed capacity of the Parichha thermal power plant is now 890 MW.
He said that another 250 MW will be added to the state kitty by the end of next month when the 6th unit of Parichha extension power plant will start commercial generation. “The work on this unit is underway on war-footing,” Dheeraj Sahu added. The total project cost of both these units of 250 MW each is Rs.2,920 crore.
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