Power ministry on UMPPs-II: Projects set for completion ahead of schedule; dates for all five units of Mundra UMPP pushed forward

From the commissioning schedule of ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) provided by the power ministry, it seems that the the projects are well on track with respect to their completion timelines. For instance, CEA has revised the timelines for all five units of the 4,000 MW Mundra UMPP so that the projects may achieve commissioning much earlier than was originally envisaged in the PPA schedule.


For the 800 MW unit 1, CEA has pushed the commissioning date forward by nearly five months to February, 2012 as against the scheduled commissioning date of August, 2012.

The CEA has similarly revised the commissioning dates for the remaining four units. The new dates for the four units are now May, 2012 (unit-II), September, 2012 (unit-III), November, 2012 (unit-IV), and February, 2013 (unit-V) as against the original schedule where the the units were expected to go on steam form February, 2013, August, 2013, February, 2014 and August, 2013 respectively.

The Mundra UMPP has been set up by Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of TPIL, which was incorporated as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to implement the project. The five units of 800 MW each generate a total of 4000 MW power using supercritical technology.