By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, February 14, 2019: Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd (OPGC) is all set to commission two units of 660 Mw coal fired power plant project at Jharsuguda in western Odisha.

OPGC is adding two 660-Mw supercritical units as part of its expansion at Ib Valley at a cost of about Rs 11,000 crore.

“The commercial operations will start anytime soon. The commissioning process of third and fourth units (2x 660 Mw) has already started. Gridco will buy all the power generated from these two units,” OPGC sources said.

OPGC is a 51:49 joint venture company between the Odisha government and US-based energy major AES Ltd. The generator has been awarded the Manoharpur and Manoharpur dip side coal blocks.

The captive coal blocks have been awarded to Odisha Coal & Power Ltd (OCPL), a 51:49 joint venture between two state-run entities — OPGC and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC). Both the coal blocks have a combined coal deposit of 531 million tonnes (mt). OCPL has proposed to invest Rs 1,500 crore in developing the blocks, whose annual mining capacity is pegged at 8 mt.

Gridco is already availing of 100 per cent power from the first two units of 210 Mw each.