Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam generates record units in July

Tribune News Service

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Shimla, August 8

The Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has generated a record 1,580 million units power during July 2021 as compared to 1,563 million units in July 2020, an increase of 17 million.

The total design energy of its five power stations comprising two hydropower stations in Himachal Pradesh, two wind power stations and one solar power station in Maharashtra and Gujarat is 8,700 million units. The SJVN established a new benchmark of generating 9,224 million units of energy.

Chairman-cum-Managing Director Nand Lal Sharma said he was satisfied with the operational performance and attributed it to the combined team efforts of officials manning operation and maintenance of both flagship power stations.

He said the SJVN was executing 27 projects in hydro, thermal, solar and wind sectors in India, Nepal and Bhutan, of which six are under operation, eight are underconstruction and 13 projects in survey and investigation stage.

Sharma inaugurated a physiotherapy centre at the project hospital, Jhakri. The SJVN had spent Rs 66.77 crore on various welfare projects under Social Corporate Responsibility, he added.