Monday, 27 January 2014

Neyveli Lignite to expand production capacity to 11,195 MW

Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is planning to expand its production capacity to 11,195 MW from the current 2,740 MW over the next 10 years. The expansion of 11,195 MW capacity consist of 4,140 MW (lignite based capacity), 6,980 MW (coal based) and 70 MW in wind and solar.

Meanwhile, the company is all set to commence commercial operation of TPS-II Expansion - the 2X250 MW and 2X500 MW - in this fiscal (Unit-I by February 2014 and Unit-2 in March 2014).

NLC is engaged in the business of lignite mining and power generation. At present, the company has four opencast lignite mines with a capacity of about 30.60 million tonnes per annum, while it can produce about 2,740 MW of power from four power plants.

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