The second 350-MW unit of GMR Kamalanga Energy Ltd (GKEL) was declared commercially operational on Monday.
The GMR Group is establishing 3x350 MW coal-based thermal power plant at Kamalanga in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. The first unit of 350 MW commenced generation on April 30, 2013.
Power produced from GKEL is being supplied to Gridco Ltd in Odisha as per the long-term power purchase agreement (PPA). Besides Odisha, GKEL would supply power to Haryana, Bihar and other parts of the country.
The project has secured coal linkage for all its 1,050-MW capacity by signing fuel supply agreements with Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.
With the commissioning of GKEL’s second unit, the GMR Group’s combined generation capacity has touched 2,136 MW. Projects totalling 5,038 MW are under implementation.
Commissioning of GKEL’s second unit follows close on the heels of the synchronisation of the second unit of GMR’s 2x300 MW EMCO Energy Ltd at Warora in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on August 27. EMCO’s first unit of 300 MW became commercially operational in March 2013.
GKEL President and Director, R.V. Sheshan, in a statement said: “GKEL is the largest investment made by the GMR Group in the energy sector. It is also one of the earliest private power projects to commence commercial operations in Odisha.”