Mundra power project to generate power in April

Kolkata: Adani Power is expected to generate power from its ongoing 4,620 MW thermal power plant at Mundra next week.

The company plans to light the boiler of a 330 MW unit at Mundra on March 25. Power generation is expected to begin in April.

Once boiler is ignited the unit will start generating steam, which is used for power generation.

Slated to be fully commissioned in 2011, the Rs 19,106-crore project is divided in four phases. In phase-I, the company will commission two units of 330 MW each followed by 2 X 330 MW in phase–II.
Mundra-III (2 X 660 MW) and Mundra IV (3 X 660 MW) are of super critical category and will be completed in 2011.

According to sources, the commissioning of both the units in phase-I may be completed by the second quarter of quarter of 2009-10. Implementation of phase-II units is in an advanced stage.