OREANDA-NEWS. The year 2016 has started on a bright note for the state of Uttar Pradesh with the commissioning of the 660 MW supercritical unit of Lalitpur Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). Significantly this is the second 660 MW unit commissioned by BHEL in Uttar Pradesh within a fortnight. Last month, BHEL has successfully commissioned the First Unit of 3x660 MW Prayagraj Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) at Bara in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh.

The unit has been synchronised by BHEL four months ahead of the schedule agreed with the developer. The commencement of generation from the unit will result in significant improvement of power availability in the state. Extra efforts were put in by BHEL for early readiness of the unit to enable the state to tide over its acute power shortage. The main plant of the 3x660 MW Lalitpur STPP is being executed by BHEL.

Located in Lalitpur in Bundelkhand district of Uttar Pradesh, Lalitpur STPP is being developed by Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited (LPGCL) - promoted by the Bajaj Hindustan group. Besides the balance 660 MW super-critical Units, two each at Lalitpur and Bara, BHEL is also executing a 500 MW units at Anpara 'D' TPS of Uttar Pradesh Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (UPRVUNL) in Uttar Pradesh. All these units are in advanced stages of completion. With the commissioning of these units, in addition to two recently commissioned 660 MW units, the state of UP would have an additional power generation capacity of 4,460 MW.