Thermal units revamped to beat summer demand

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Ltd (TNPDCL) has completed overhauling its thermal plants to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply through the summer. On Friday, maintenance work on all three units of the 630MW stage I of the North Chennai thermal power station had been finished. The overhauling of stage II had already been completed earlier, they added. The 800MW supercritical stage III, which began commercial operations on Jan 24, has not generated power since Jan 27.

Production at the stage III unit was halted for maintenance after operating continuously for three days.