Third unit of Yadadri Thermal Power Station gets commissioned

Hyderabad: The third unit of Yadadri thermal power station (YTPS) was successfully commissioned on Wednesday. The Telangana Power Generation Corporation Limited (TG Genco) is establishing the thermal power plant with five units, each with a capacity of 800 MW and a total installed capacity of 4,000 MW at Veerlapalem Village, Damaracherla Mandal, Nalgonda district.

The project consists of two units of 800 MW each in Stage-I and three units of 800 MW each in Stage-II. The third unit was operated continuously for 72 hours, generating an average power of 811.99 MW against the rated capacity of 800 MW, according to TG Genco.

The operation was supervised by transco officials and Genco chairman and managing director S Harish. The CMD congratulated the combined efforts put by the teams of BHEL and TG Genco in achieving the milestone.