GMR’s 350 MW of GKEL commences commercial operations

02 May 2013 Evaluate

GMR Group’s - first 350 MW unit of GMR Kamalanga Energy (GKEL) has been declared commercially operational on April 30, 2013. The GMR Group is establishing the 4x350 MW coal-based thermal power plant at Kamalanga in Odisha’s Dhenkanal District in two phases of 3x350 MW and 1x350 MW, respectively. The power produced from GKEL’s first unit has been offered to GRIDCO in Odisha, as per the long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) executed with it, pursuant to the MoU with the Government of Odisha.

GKEL’s first unit is the GMR Group’s second coal-based power plant to be declared commercially operational. In March 2013, commercial generation commenced from the first 300 MW units of GMR EMCO Energy’s 2x300 MW power plants at Warora in Maharashtra.

Besides, work on commissioning two other units of 350 MW in the first phase is in advanced stages and likely to be completed by August 2013. When fully commissioned, the GKEL power plant would serve the people of Odisha, Bihar, Haryana and other parts of the country.

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