Generation begins at Adani's 660 mw Mundra plant

Adani Power Ltd (APL), the power company operated by Adani Enterprise Ltd, on Thursday announced that it has synchronised country's first supercritical unit of 660 MW power plant at Mundra, taking its coal power generation capacity to 1,980 MW at the plant. 
With latest addition APL becomes the third largest private power generating company in India. Adani Group was recently in the news for receiving show cause notice from Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) for destruction of mangroves at Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) site in Kutch. 
It also faced protests against its Tiroda thermal power plant in Maharashtra for violation of environmental norms. However, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani refused to talk about the show cause notice while addressing the media. 
He, however, said the (Mundra power) project displays Adani Group's commitment to growth via clean energy initiative. "It is the first super-critical technology based project in the world to be certified for carbon credit under United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC)," he added. 
APL is setting up 4,620 MW coal fired power plant at Mundra in Kutch district of Gujarat, consisting of four units of 330 MW and five units of 660 MW. The 660 MW units are based on energy efficient and environment friendly super critical technology. 
The supercritical power plants operate at higher temperatures and pressures and are 25% more efficient then conventional sub-critical power plants. The use of supercritical technology also leads to over 20% reduction in CO2 emission.