Rajpura thermal plant begins operation.

The Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, K D Chaudhri said the first unit of Rajpura Thermal Power Plant had started commercial operation.

In the first phase, the plant has two units of 700-MW capacity each. He said with the addition of 700 MW and a subsequent unit of another 700-MW capacity in the coming days, Punjab would no longer have to face power cuts in summer this year.

Chaudhri said recently the plant was being set up with the latest super-critical technology. It was tested at full load of 700 MW continuously for 72 hours without any interruption, and thereafter, it underwent two sets of ramp up and ramp down tests before being granted commercial operation status by engineers. These tests were being witnessed and monitored round the clock by a team of experts from Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Lahmeyer International India Pvt Ltd and L&T Power Limited.

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