OREANDA-NEWS. October 26, 2012. Reliance Power announced that Boiler Light Up has been achieved for its first 660 MW unit at the Sasan Ultra Mega Power Plant. This is a critical milestone of the boiler commissioning activities for the unit. The Boiler Light Up was achieved in a record time of just 15 months and the unit is expected to be commissioned five months ahead of schedule.

This would also be the first integrated coal mine and super-critical power plant to be commissioned in India. A super-critical unit has more efficiency and produces cleaner electricity through lower emissions.

As announced earlier, coal production has already commenced from the 20 million tonnes Moher and Moher-Amlohri coal mines. Thus, both the power plant and coal mines would be ready for operations well ahead of schedule. The plant has also been connected to the National Grid by 400 KV transmission lines of PowerGrid.Corpn.

The Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project, is the largest integrated power plant and coal mining project in India with an estimated investment of over '20,000 crore.

About Reliance Power:

Reliance Power Limited, a part of the Reliance Group, is India’s leading private sector power generation company. The company has the largest portfolio of power projects in the private sector based on coal, gas, hydro and renewable energy, with an operating portfolio of 1,540 megawatts. The company also has the largest captive coal reserves in the private sector, estimated at two billion tonnes. Besides, the company is developing three coal mines in Indonesia and is also developing coal bed methane based generation capacity.