Giral Lignite Power Plant

Giral Lignite Power Plant
Giral Lignite Power Limited
Country	India
Location	Giral, Barmer (district), Rajasthan (state).
Coordinates	26.0425088°N 71.2506536°E / 26.0425088; 71.2506536
Status	Operational
Commission date	2003
Operator	RRVUNL
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite Coal
Tertiary fuel	Heavy Furnace Oil (HFO), Light Diesel Oil (LDO)
Power generation
Units operational	0
Nameplate capacity	250.00 MW
Source:http://rvunl.com/

Giral Lignite Power Plant (GLPL) or Giral Lignite Thermal Power Station (GLTPP) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RRVUNL). RRVUNL is a state government (Level 2 government in India) owned corporation working in field of power generation.

Power plant

The thermal power station has installed capacity of 250 MW. Two identical units of 125 MW each, are built and commissioned by Senbo Engineering Limited (SEL) on EPC basis with an estimated cost of Rs. 1690 Crores. It is a pit head plant. The fuel is lignite coal, which is procured from the mines just behind the plant. The fuel is supplied by Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Limited (RSMML). An additive to fuel is limestone, which is added in pulverised form to the lignite, for the purpose of neutralising the sulphur Oxides (SOx), Sulphur Oxides are formed as a byproduct of combustion of lignite containing sulphur as its constituent. Limestonne is also supplied by RSMML. Lignite cost is nearly Rs. 400 per MT. This is the first plant of the country which is using Lime with lignite to control SOX level. It was developed in 2 stages.

Installed capacity

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status	COD
Stage I	1	125	February 2007	Running	18 December 2011
Stage II	2	125	December 2008	Running	12 March 2011

See also

• Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant
• Kota Super Thermal Power Plant
• Chhabra Thermal Power Plant