CLP India's Jhajjar project ready for commercial production

NEW DELHI: CLP India said its 660-mw power plant at Jhajjar in Haryana was ready for commercial production. The first unit of the 1,300-mw project was synchronised with grid, the company said on Thursday.

Ninety percent of the plant's output was reserved for Haryana. CLP India won the contract to set up Jhajjar project through international competitive bidding in July 2008.

' The foundation stone of India's largest supercritical coal-fired project was laid by the Haryana and CLP India on January 10, 2009, and the first unit has been synchronised exactly 36 months later," the company said in a statement.

CLP India m anaging director Rajiv Mishra said to minimise environmental impact of operations, the company installed flue gas desulphurisation at Jhajjar despite a significant additional financial implication.

The second unit of the project was nearing completion and likely to be synchronised in mid-2012, the statement said.