Durgapur Projects commissions 300 MW unit

KOLKATA: The Durgapur Projects Ltd on Saturday commissioned its seventh unit of 300 MW capacity. A company release said that DPL successfully generated 102 MW from the coal-fired unit this morning.

The optimum capacity would be reached gradually. Synchronization was made successfully on November 24.

"This is the first 300 MW unit in the Eastern region and executed by Chinese company Dong Fang Electric Corporation," the release said.