Essar commissions 600-MW unit of Salaya-I project

Essar Energy, a part of the Essar Group, on Friday announced commencement of commercial operations at the second 600-MW unit of its 1,200-MW Salaya-I power project.

This follows the commencement of commercial operations at the first unit in April. This means that the entire project has now been fully commissioned, taking Essar Energy’s total installed generation capacity to 2,800 MW.

Salaya-I, in Jamnagar, is Essar Energy’s first coal-fired power project. It has been built at a total investment of Rs4,500 crore. Most of the power produced at the plant would be sold to GUVNL under a long-term contract.

It is also one of the three power projects due to be commissioned by Essar Energy in 2012, the others being the 1,200-MW Mahan I project and 510-MW Vadinar project. These projects will take Essar Energy’s total installed capacity to 4,510 MW.