The state-run Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), an integrated energy company, is likely to synchronise 700-MW power plants in Gujarat this fiscal through its two subsidiaries.
"We shall be synchronising an upcoming 350 MW power plant in Hazira by August this year while, the 350 MW power plant at Rajula taluka of Amreli is expected to go on steam between February to March next year," GSPC Pipapvav Power Company General Manager S K Dey told PTI.
The 350-MW power plant in Hazira is being set up by the Gujarat State Energy Generation (GSEG), a special purpose vehicle formed by GSPC to generate power in Gujarat.
The company operates 156 MW combined cycle power plant near Hazira, which is being further expanded in the first phase by 350 MW.
While GSPC Pipavav Power Company (GPPC), a subsidiary of GSPC, is in the advanced stage of setting up the first 350 MW gas-based power plant at Kovaya village in Rajula taluka of Amreli district.
The power plant is expected to meet the industrial demand for power and improvise local power supply in Saurasthra region of the state.
It was scheduled to be commissioned by May 2011, but the gas turbine imported for it from General Electric got damaged in a road accident last year, leading to delay.
"The replacement gas turbine for this power plant in Amreli is expected to be dispatched soon from US. And another gas turbine-G9 FA- manufactured in Hyderabad by BHEL for the first time in India is scheduled for delivery in June this year," Dey said.
In next phase, 350 MW is proposed to be commissioned by GPCC within next 4-5 months of the commissioning of the first power plant in Amreli, he said.
