500 MW stage-6 unit of Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corp's Kothagudem Thermal Power Station synchronised to grid

The 500 MW stage-6 unit of Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Lied (AP Genco)'s Kothagudem Thermal Power Station (KTPS) was synchronised to the grid today. The unit will attain full load capacity of 500 MW after required tests and rectifications are carried out by June 30, according to AP Genco Managing Director K Vijayanand. Synchronisation of the unit would help add another 500 MW (12 million units) to the AP Grid, providing much needed relief to the power-starved state. The stage-6 of KTPS was taken up in February 2007 as part of AP Genco's capacity addition programme and completed at a cost of Rs 2,325 crore, the MD said. Genco has tied up with Mahanadi Coal Fields, Orissa, for supply of 2.31 million tonnes of coal per annum required for the new unit.