GMR synchronizes first unit of Chhattisgarh Supercritical Thermal Power Plant

07 Oct 2014 Evaluate

GMR Chhattisgarh Energy (GCEL) has successfully synchronized the first 685 MW unit of 1370 MW supercritical coal-based thermal power plant with the grid on October 02, 2014. The said power plant located at Raikheda in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur District.

GCEL is the GMR Group’s first supercritical coal-based thermal power plant. The unit used fuel oil to achieve this first synchronization. The project has been implemented on multiple packages concept by Doosan of Korea. Work on commissioning GCEL’s second unit of 685 MW is in progress.

Since 2013, the GMR Group has commissioned two coal-based thermal power plants - the 2x300 MW GMR’s EMCO Energy at Warora in Maharashtra and three units of the 4x350 MW GMR Kamalanga Energy at Kamlalanga in Odisha.

The GMR group had signed the MoU with the Government of Chhattisgarh for the power plant in 2008 and received Environment Clearance and Consent to Establish in 2011. Besides Chhattisgarh, GCEL will cater to the power needs of various states in the country.  

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