NLC to generate additional 1,500 MW power in five months

Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) owned New Thermal Power Stations in Tamil Nadu would generate additional 1,500 MW power within five months, a senior official has said.
NLC Chairman and Managing Director B Surender Mohan addressing a Technical Committee meeting last night said that four new thermal units with a capacity of 1,500 MW will be commissioned within next five months at Neyveli and Tuticorin.
Out of it, expansion of two units at Neyveli Thermal Power Station-II with a capacity of 250 MW each were nearing completion at a cost of Rs 3,027.59 crore, he said.
Other two units with generating capacity of 500 MW each under a joint venture with Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited would also be commissioned within five months at a cost of about Rs 4,910 crore, he said.

At present NLC is generating 2490 MW of power.