New Delhi: State-run NTPC Limited has said on Friday that Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Meja Thermal Power Project of Meja Urja Nigam (P) Limited (MUNPL) has successfully completed trial operation. In a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges, NTPC said, "Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Meja Thermal Power Project of Meja Urja Nigam (P) Limited (MUNPL) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of MUNPL and NTPC group." MUNLPL is a joint venture of NTPC Limited and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) with an equity ratio of 50:50.
The Unit-1 of the thermal power project was declared commercially operational in April 2019. As soon as Unit-2 is declared commercially operational, the plant will be fully operational.
Meja Thermal Power Project is a coal-based thermal power plant located in Meja Tehsil in Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The planned capacity of the power plant is 1,320 MW (2x660MW). The project has its own 28-km freight corridor for transportation of critical materials, such as coal, to plant by rail. The plant is also connected to Ganga river at Bijora village, through a network of about 30-km pipeline, for the transportation of water for industrial purposes. Meja Thermal Power Station is UP's first supercritical power plant (SCPP).
Along with Unit-2, the total installed capacity of MUNPL and NTPC group will become 1,320 MW and 63,635 MW, respectively.=
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