Nabha Power wins best Thermal Power Generator Award for the 5th time from IPPAI
Rajpura, April 19 : Nabha Power Limited, which operates the 2x700MW supercritical thermal power plant at Rajpura, has won the ‘Best Operating Thermal Power Generator’ award from the Independent Power Producers Association of India (IPPAI) for the 5th time.
Nabha Power was declared the winner of the award at IPPAI’s 23rd Regulators & Policymakers Retreat that was held at Belgundi, Belgaum, Karnataka recently. Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), presented the prestigious award to Nabha Power at an impressive ceremony.
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This award has been conferred upon Nabha Power for its outstanding achievements in plant performance for FY 2023. During this time, plant’s Unit-2 achieved the milestone of continuous running for 331 days on 3rd February 2023.
This is the 5th time, Nabha Power has been recognised as The Best Thermal Power Generator by the IPPAI. Earlier, it had bagged this award in the years 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2022.
Buoyed by the achievement, Chief Executive of Nabha Power, S. K. Narang, said, “Nabha Power adopted best O&M practices and took new initiatives for improving plant efficiency. Through these initiatives, we were able to achieved one of the best heat rates and the lowest auxiliary power consumption in the country.”
He said, “The award is a reaffirmation of sustained excellence practices being adopted at Nabha Power. We tap the best talent from the country and empower them to walk on the cutting edge of technology and push the limits. We have been recognised nationally and internationally as one of the best plants in the country in terms of reliability and efficiency.”
IPPAI was set up as a not-for-profit association shortly after the Government of India opened the power sector to private industry. Since its inception as an independent body in 1994, IPPAI’s aim has been to provide a neutral platform for the examination of issues critical to the development of the power sector in India, to discuss energy policy and to focus on strategic, financial, legal, regulatory, and technical issues in the power, oil, gas, and allied sectors.
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Nabha Power was commissioned in February 2014 and till date has received several International & National awards. The plant operates at the highest plant load factor (PLF in Punjab and provides the cheapest power among all the thermal power plants (TTPs) within the state. It has contributed around 40% of the total thermal power generated within the state during the last two years.
- With inputs from our correspondent
