Tata Power Company (TPC), the power generation utility major belonging to the Tata Group, is unlikely to meet the completion target for the 4,000 MW Mundra ultra mega power project (UMPP) of March 2012. The company, which plans to set up five units of 800 MW each, will be in position to commission only 3 units of 800 MW each by the specified date, the company’s executive director S Ramakrishnan said in a media report. <!–more–>
TPC has completed nearly 30% of the project work and is in the process of setting up the main plant equipment, the company added. It hopes to commission the first unit by September next year.
The company has placed orders for boilers with Korean equipment maker Doosan and Japanese heavy equipment major Toshiba would supply turbines for the project. Orders for switches have been placed with L&T, TPC stated.
Meanwhile, Adani is in the process of completing its port project, which would be used for importing coal for the project and PowerGrid is gearing for evacuation of power from the project. Coal for the project would come from Tata Power’s coal joint ventures in Indonesia.