NTPC's Dadri unit-6 synchronized to power CWG 2010

State-run NTPC, on Friday, achieved synchronization of the sixth 490 MW unit of the national capital thermal power project at Dadri. This unit, along with the fifth unit, which is already in operation, is slated to supply power to the NCR during the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi in October this year. According to NTPC, the new unit is all set to achieve full load by the end of this month, around six months ahead of its original commissioning schedule of January 2011. The power major commissioned the fifth unit of the power station in January 2010, against its original commissioning schedule of August 2010. The fifth and sixth units constitute the two-unit Dadri Stage-II expansion project.

With the commencement of commercial operation of the sixth unit, the total installed capacity of the project would stand at 1,820 MW. Stage-I of the project, worth 840 MW, comprises of four units of 210 MW capacity, operational since the early 90's, while the current expansion envisages an additional 980 MW. NTPC is executing two other thermal power projects-- the 3x500 MW Jhajjar and the 2x490 MW Dadri extension stage-II-- in the National Capital Region, to meet the capital`s heightened power demand, which is likely to exceed 4,000 MW by October 2010, at the advent of the US$ 17.5 billion event.