Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited

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NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPORATION LIMITED
(Mini Ratna - A Government of India Enterprise)
Neyveli-607801, Tamilnadu, India

Registered Office :
No.135, Periyar E.V.R. High Road, Kilpauk,
Chennai - 600 010. Tamil Nadu,India
Ph No.91-44-28364613 - 616, Fax. 91-44-28364625

Company Overview - TPS I

TPS - I | TPS - I EXPANSION | TPS - II

Neyveli Thermal Power Stations are South Asia's first and only lignite fired Thermal Power Stations and also the first pit-head power stations in India. Today NLC Power Stations are generating about 2490 MW of Power. NLC's Power Stations are maintaining very high level Plant Load Factor (PLF) when compared to the National average. The entire Power Station was constructed with the aid of erstwhile Soviet Union.

The epitome of Indo-Soviet Collaboration, the 600MW Neyveli Thermal Power Station-1 was commissioned with one Unit of 50 MW in May 1962. Presently this Power Station consists of six units of 50 MW each and three units of 100 MW each. The last unit of this Power Station was synchronized in February 1970.

Some of the special features of this power station are :

First Lignite Power Station in south East Asia.

First pit head Power Station in India.

First Power Station in India with Soviet Collaboration.

First largest Thermal Power Station in South India.

The Power generated from this Thermal Station is fed to the Grid of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, the sole beneficiary.

For all the Units, Life Extension Programme (LEP) was carried out between 1992 and 1999 thereby extending the life of the Units by another 15 years.

This Thermal Power Station-1 achieved over 70% Plant Load Factor (PLF) for most of the years during its life. Maximum PLF achieved is 83.49% during the year 2003-04 and maximum Gross Generation achieved is 4400 MW during the year 2003-2004.
The meritorious productivity award instituted by Department of Power was won by Thermal Power Station-1 for many years.

This Thermal Power Station is certified with Quality (ISO 9001: 2000), Environmental (ISO : 14001 : 2004) Occupational Health & Safety (OHSAS 18001 : 2007) Management Systems.

From 01.01.2007, Intra state ABT (Availability Based Tariff) system was introduced in Thermal Power Station -1.

All the nine units have now registered more than 2.5 lakh hours of operation and in particular, Unit (3) has crossed 3 lakh hours of operation during the year 2008-2009 and Units (1) & (2) during the year 2009-10. Gross Power Generation during the year 2008-2009 is 4115 mu.

Since the Units 1 & 9 had completed their extended life of 15 years of operation during the year 2009-10, they had undergone RLA (Residual Life Assessment) study for further continuing their safe operation. RLA study is also planned to be carried out for the remaining Units as well.