CLP India has announced
that after successfully completing
the requisite tests,
the first unit of its 1,320-MW
(2x660 MW) coal-fired power
project, located in Haryana,
has achieved COD (date of
commissioning).
The Jhajjar Power Plant
is one of India's first few supercritical
coal-fired power
plants. The use of the supercritical
technology in the plant
helps increase the energy efficiency
therefore reducing
carbon emissions.
Commenting on this achievement,
Rajiv Mishra, Managing
Director, CLP India, said, "The
Jhajjar Power Plant is a critical
project not only for CLP India,
but also for the state of
Haryana. This achievement is
the first step towards the final
commissioning of the project
and we are proud of the
fact that we have been able to
achieve synchronisation of the
first unit and getting to full
load in 41 months from the
PPA date, 34 months from
NTP, and 28 months from
financial closure and, in the
process, have worked with
world class standards."
Ninety per cent of this plant's
output is earmarked for
Haryana, which will make a significant
contribution towards
addressing the power shortages
of the state; the remaining 10 per
cent will be supplied to Delhi.
"This is indeed a significant
milestone for us and we are
proud of the fact that we have
been able to achieve this while
setting new benchmarks for
the power sector in India, especially
in the areas of safety,
operational efficiency and sustainability;
the use of the
supercritical technology will
help increase the energy efficiency
and reduce carbon
emission intensity," Naveen
Munjal, Director - Business
Development (Conventional),
CLP India, added.
CLP India is the first foreign
company that won a major
power generation project in
India through international
competitive bidding that took
place in March 2008. This project
is also one of the first generation
projects in the country in
many years to be financed by a
consortium of foreign banks
with an ECB financing of $400
million. The total cost of this
project will be approximately
6,000 crore.