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Sasan UMPP commences generation at the fifth 660 MW unit
Sasan, MP, Aug 26 (IBNS): Reliance Power on Tuesday announced that the fifth 660 MW unit of the 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) has commenced power generation thus making 3,300 MW capacity operational at the project.
The last unit is in advanced stages of construction and will be commissioned over the next few months.
The Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project is the largest integrated power plant and coal mining project in the world.
Coal production has already commenced from the 20 million tonnes Moher and Moher-Amlohri coal mines associated with the power project.
With this unit, Reliance Power’s generation capacity has increased to 5,185 MW which includes 5,100 MW of thermal capacity and 85 MW of renewable energy based capacity.
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