Lanco Infratech commissions second 600-MW unit of Anpara project in UP

New Delhi: Lanco Infratech Ltd said its 1,200-mw would soon start supplying power to Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati dedicated the company’s 1,200-mw Anpara C thermal power plant to the state on Saturday, the company said in a statement.

Lanco Anpara Power Ltd synchronised first and second units of the plant in March and September 2011. The group’s total generating capacity stands at 3,892 mw.

Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam had awarded the coal based Anpara C project to Lanco in September 2006 through a tariff-based competitive bidding.

Lanco Infratech executive chairman L Madhusudhan Rao said, “It is worthwhile to note that during the last three years, the company has grown from the total installed capacity of 500 mw to 3892 mw which is the current capacity. In addition, projects under various stages of construction will contribute about 6000 mw of additional capacity over the next three years.”

The company constructed the project within a compact area of 257 acres located close to the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam operating plants of Anpara A and Anpara B, Rao said.

Coal for Anpara C is being sourced from mines belonging to Northern Coalfields Ltd and water drawn from Rihand reservoir. The generated power would be sold to Uttar Pradesh.