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HIGHLIGHTS OF PERFORMANCE DURING 2009-2010

         OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF GHTP

  •  RECORD PLF IN FOUR SUCCESSIVE YEARS

2006-07- 93.58% (Stage-I)

2007-08- 95.10% (Stage-I)

2008-09 -95.99% (Stage-I)

2009-10- 96.44% (Stage-I & Stage-II)

•  Annual plant load factor: 96.44% - Better than the All India State Sector

National highest 95.99% achieved by

GHTP Stage-I units during 2008-09.

  Previous record

•  Highest ever annual generation: 7515.2 MU 5610.09MU in 2008-09

•  Highest ever annual plant load factor: 96.44% 95.10% in 2007-08

•  Highest ever annual plant utilisation factor: 100.38% 100.31% in 2007-08

•  Highest ever annual deemed plant load factor 97.53% 97.07% in 2003-04

•  Lowest ever annual Auxiliary Cons. (%): 8.23% 8.71% in 2008-09

•  Highest ever monthly generation in March 2010: 706.47 MU 689.22 MU in Aug-09

•  Highest ever monthly PLF in March 2010: 103.21 % 102.06% in Mar-08

•  Highest ever utilisation factor in March 2010: 103.21 % 102.06% in Mar-08

•  Highest ever monthly deemed PLF in March 2010: 103.43 % 102.06% in Mar-08

•  Highest ever generation in a day by Stage-I Units 106.10 L.U. on 14.03.10

•  Highest ever generation in a day at GHTP 230.55 L.U. on 12.03.10

•  Highest ever PLF in a day in PSEB 104.42 % on 12.03.10

•  Highest ever monthly PLF in March 10 by Stage-I Units 103.76 %

•  Highest ever monthly PLF in March 10 by Stage-II Units 102.75 %

•  Highest ever monthly PLF in March 10 in PSEB 103.21 %

•  GHTP Unit 1 has run continuously from 28.02.2009 to 12.09.2009 (195.4 days) without any interruption. This is a new record of longest continuous run by any unit of PSEB against previous PSEB best of 134 days achieved by the same unit in year.

•  Annual maintenance of unit No. 2 carried out in 13.82 days (14.05.2009 to 28.05.2009) against approved shut down of 20 days. The unit was brought on bar 6.18 days ahead of schedule. During this shutdown additional works on the generator and gas distribution test on electro static precipitators were also carried out.

•  Annual maintenance of Unit No. 1 has been completed in a time of 15 days (20.10.2009 to 04.11.2009) against approved shut down of 20 days thereby bringing the unit 5 days ahead of schedule.

2)

No. of Units

4

3)

Total generating capacity

2 x 210 MW = 420 MW                                                                                                                                

   2 x 250 MW = 500 MW                                                                     

  TOTAL  =  920 MW

4)

Source of water supply

Bhatinda Branch of Sirhind Canal.

5)

Fuel used

Primary fuel is Coal from PANEM (PSEB captive mine established as joint venture with EMTA group), CCL & ECL ,the subsidiary Companies of coal India Ltd.         

 Secondary fuel is F.O. & L.D.O

6)

Date of synchronization of units with coal

Unit I = 23.05.98   Unit II = 26.11.98    Unit-III  =  05.02.2008    Unit-IV = 02.08.2008

7)

Total energy contribution

220.8 Lac units daily

13)

Cost of generation

172 paisa per unit