SCCL thermal power station emerges as No. 1 in the country

HYDERABAD: The Singareni Thermal power plant (STPP) in Jaipur of Mancherial has emerged as the number one thermal power station during the last eight months in 2022-2023. According to an official press release, till November 30, 2022, the 1200 MWs STPP has generated 6,385 million units of power at a plant load factor (PLF) of 90.86 which is the highest PLF among all the 250 and odd power stations of the government-owned and private in the country.

A report by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report, the 2,600 MWs NTPC Korba in Chattisgarh state secured second place with a PLF of 90.01 per cent and 2000 MWs NTPC Singrauli secured third place with a PLF of 89.94 per cent.

Commissioned in the year 2016, the STPP with a capacity of 1,200 MW has achieved 100 per cent PLF on several occasions. It had so far generated 51,547 million units of power.