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New Delhi : Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN)’s Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station has achieved highest ever monthly power generation surpassing its previous record of 1,213.10 Million Units to reach 1,216.56 Million Units on July 31, 2021.
Similarly, the Rampur Hydro Power Station also generated 335.90 Million Units of power in the month of July 2021 beating its previous best of 333.69 Million Units in July 2020.
The design energy of 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri is 6,612 Million Units and that of 412 MW Rampur HPS is 1,878 Million Units, while these power station generated 7,445 Million Units and 2,098 Million Units respectively.
SJVN started with a single hydro project in the year 1988 and today, the company has a portfolio of 9,000 MW of which 2,016.5 MW is under operation, 3,156 MW is under construction, 4,046 MW Projects in pipeline. Today SJVN has a footprint in 9 States in the country and also in 2 foreign countries. The company has also diversified in other fields of energy generation and transmission.
SJVN is working towards achieving installed capacity of 5,000 MW by 2023, 12,000 MW by 2030 and 25,000 MW by year 2040, according to a PIB release.