Reliance Power: Projects progress update

- Pre-commissioning activities have started at the 600 MW Rosa Phase II project and the first of the two units is all set to be commissioned next month.

- Boiler hydro test of the first unit of the 600 MW Butibori project in Maharashtra has been completed and the project is expected to be fully commissioned by the middle of next year.

- All six gas turbines of India's largest gas-based power project, the 2,400 MW Samalkot Project in Andhra Pradesh have reached India, The first two turbines have already been installed.

- Construction activities are progressing as per schedule for the 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) in Madhya Pradesh and the first unit is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2012.

- Financial closure has been achieved for the Rs. 700 crore 40 MW solar PV project with US EXIM and ADB; to be commissioned by March 2012. It is the largest solar PV project in India.

- The Company is committed to fast-track implementation of its renewable energy portfolio with three of India's largest projects - a 40 MW Solar PV project and a 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in Rajasthan and a 200 MW Wind project In Maharashtra to be commissioned in the next 18 months.

The projects under construction are progressing satisfactorily and we are well on track to becoming a 5,000 MW operating company by 2012.