GMR expands power generation capacity

Second unit of GMR's Kamalanga plant commercially operational

GMR Infrastructure has expanded its power generation capacity to 2,136 MW by commissioning the second unit of its power plant in Odisha.

The GMR Group is establishing 3x350 MW coal-based thermal power plant at Kamalanga in Odisha’s Dhenkanal District. The first unit of 350 MW commenced generation on April 30, 2013. The second 350 MW unit of GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited (GKEL) was declared commercially operational on 11 November 2013.

This project is part of the company's plans to generate as much as 5,038 MW.

Power produced from GKEL is being supplied to GRIDCO Limited in Odisha in line with the long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Besides Odisha, GKEL would supply power to Haryana, Bihar and other parts of the country.

GKEL secured coal linkage for all its 1050 MW capacity by signing Fuel Supply Agreements with Mahanadi Coalfields Limited.

Commissioning of GKEL’s second unit follows the synchronization of the second unit of GMR’s 2x300 MW EMCO Energy Limited at Warora in Chandrapur District of Maharashtra on August 27. EMCO’s first unit of 300 MW became commercially operational in March 2013.

GKEL’s President & Director R V Sheshan, said, “GKEL is the largest investment made by the GMR Group in the Energy Sector. It is also one of the earliest private power projects to commence commercial operations in Odisha."