Archive · 6 Aug 2025
Kaiga Generating Station Expands with Construction Activities
The Kaiga power plant is building two new units to make more electricity.
The ground is ready for the new buildings.
The plan is to finish these by the year 2030.
Also, one of the older units is being fixed.
This will take about a year and a half.
The plant has been doing a good job making electricity and has also helped to reduce air pollution.
Kaiga Generating Station is expanding with Units 5 and 6 under construction.
Excavation activities are complete for the new units.
Units 5 and 6, each 700 MW, are targeted for completion by 2030.
KGS-1 is undergoing maintenance, including coolant and feeder replacement, expected to last 18 months.
The existing units have generated 1.3 Lakh Million Units and avoided 1.2 lakh tonnes of CO2.
- Who
- Kaiga Station Site Director B Vinod Kumar.
- What
- Construction activities and maintenance at the Kaiga Generating Station.
- When
- Construction targeting completion by 2030. KGS-1 shutdown began April 1, 2025.
- Where
- Kaiga Generating Station.
- Why
- To expand power generation capacity and perform life extension maintenance.
- Units Under Construction
- 5 & 6
- Unit Capacity (each)
- 700 MW
- Target Completion
- 2030
- KGS-1 Maintenance
- EMCCR and EMFR
- KGS-1 Maintenance Duration
- 18 months
- Total Generation
- 1.3 Lakh Million Units
- CO2 Avoided
- 1.2 lakh tonnes