NLC begins commercial operation at TPS-II unit

State-owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has begun commercial operation at a unit of one of its thermal power stations.
".. Unit I 250MW of Thermal Power Station-II expansion project (2x250 MW) at Neyveli, nation's first project of this size with Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion {CFBC) Boiler technology, has been successfully declared for commencement of commercial operation with effect from yesterday," NLC said in a BSE filing.
The CFBC technology is being adopted for 250 MW capacity units for the first time in India, it claimed.
"With the commissioning of the unit, the TPS-II expansion project of 500 MW is put into commercial operation," it said.

About 46 per cent of power (230 MW) has been allocated to Tamil Nadu, 22 per cent (110 MW) to Karnataka, 14 per cent (70 MW) to Kerala, three per cent (15 MW) to Puducherry while 15 per cent (75 MW ) is left unallocated.
With the commercial operation at the unit , total power generation of NLC would increase to 2,990 MW from the existing 2,490MW, an official said.
Shares of the company were trading at Rs 82.25 a piece, up 0.61 per cent over the previous close in the afternoon BSE.