Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal inaugurated the first unit of the 2X700 MW supercritical Rajpura Thermal Power Plant set up by infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at Nalash in Patiala district of the state today.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and other prominent leaders and senior officials were present on the occasion.
The plant is the first major coal-powered power plant to be owned and operated by L&T through a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Nabha Power Limited.
A press release from the company said coal supply for the plant has been secured through a fuel supply agreement with South Eastern Coalfields. The entire power will be supplied to the state of Punjab.
Nabha Power had placed the total EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) order on L&T Power. In addition to the supercritical boiler and turbine generator manufactured in collaboration with the joint venture partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan, L&T also supplied balance of plant equipment including electrostatic precipitators, coal and ash handling plants, chimney, cooling tower, control & automation, and switchyard.
Mr Shailendra Roy, whole-time director, L&T, said: “We are proud to have completed the project on schedule. With this launch, we have demonstrated our capability of constructing a large supercritical power plant. L&T Power has projects totaling 11000 MW currently under implementation on EPC basis for different customers in various parts of the country.”
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