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Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Tata Power, has
announced synchronization of the 800-
mw Unit 2 of its Mundra ultra mega power
project in Gujarat. With five units of 800-
mw each, the coastally-located Mundra
project is the country's first UMPP,
awarded to the Tata Group in 2007. Unit 1
of the Mundra UMPP was commissioned
in March 2012.
Following the commissioning of Unit 2,
the combined power generation capacity
of Tata Power stands at 6,099 mw
including 5,247 mw from thermal plants
and 852 mw from clean-fuel plants like
hydropower, wind and solar.
The 4,000-mw Mundra UMPP is the first
of the UMPPs that heralds the entry of 800-
mw supercritical technology in India,
which is environment-friendly and
efficient. This technology and the choice
of unit sizes helps save fuel for the project
and cut down greenhouse gas emissions
up to 15 per cent as compared to a subcritical
coal-fired power stations. In
addition, the choice of coal significantly
lowers sulphur emissions to virtually
insignificant levels.
As compared to other subcritical plants
in India, this project will use 1.7 million
tonnes of less coal per year while
generating the same quantum of power.
This not only makes available more coal in
the long run for power generation but also
reduces carbon emissions.
In an independent development, Tata
Power also announced commissioning of
its second unit of the 525-mw Unit 2 of its
Maithon mega power project in Dhanbad,
Jharkhand. The first unit was
commissioned in September 2011.
Maithon Power Ltd, a 74:26 joint venture
between Tata Power and Damodar Valley
Corporation (DVC), is the owner and
developer of the 2x525-mw Maithon power
project in Jharkhand. MPL also represents
India's first PPP venture for a greenfield
power generation project in India.
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