Sembcorp Gayatri Power (SGPL) (formerly NCC Power Projects), has synchronised the first 660 MW unit of its 1,320 MW power plant at Krishnapatnam in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, to the grid.
The company owns and operates one of the two supercritical coal-fired power plants in the 2,640 MW Sembcorp Gayatri Power Complex in Krishnapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh’s SPSR Nellore district.
The first power plant, Thermal Powertech Corporation India, commenced commercial operations in September 2015, and is supplying power to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The second power plant is expected to be fully operational in the fourth quarter of 2016.