Essar Power‘s Hazira plant has attained 100 percent capacity utilisation within three months of commissioning.

Essar Power has said in a statement that “Essar Power Hazira, a subsidiary of Essar Power,  2×135 MW power project in Hazira was now operating consistently at close to 100 percent capacity utilisation.”

The company, before three months, had commissioned the second unit of the plant.

KVB Reddy, Essar Power CEO has said in a statement that “The year is turning out to be an important one for Essar Power. Close to 80 percent of Essar Power’s targeted capacity of 6,100 MW, which comprises both captive and IPP assets, have been made operational.

In the last two years, increased coal availability, both from domestic and overseas suppliers, as well as the strong operational efficiencies harnessed by Essar Power’s world-class technical team have helped improve our performance significantly.”

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