OPGC to complete 1,320-Mw Odisha expansion project worth Rs 11,000 cr soon
State-run thermal power producer Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd (OPGC) is on the verge of commissioning a 1,320-Mw (660×2 units) project at Jharsuguda. OPGC is adding two 660-Mw supercritical units as part of its expansion at Ib Valley at a cost of about Rs 11,000 crore.
“The process of commissioning of third and fourth units ( 2x 660 Mw) has already started. The commercial operations will start anytime soon. Hundred per cent of the power generated from these two units will go to Gridco,” said a senior OPGC official. He added that the expansion was taken up at an investment of Rs 11,000 crore.
OPGC is a 51:49 joint venture company between the Odisha government and US-based energy major AES Ltd. The generator has been awarded the Manoharpur and Manoharpur dip side coal blocks.
