Coastal Gujarat Power Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of TATA Power Limited has tied up with Texas headquartered Invensys Operations Management to optimize India's first ultra mega 4000MW power plant located in Mundra.

The plant will be India's largest coal fired power plant when completed in 2013.

Invensys will provide distributed and critical control systems, emergency shutdown systems, advanced process control, plant optimization and operator training simulator technology.

The scope of the project includes the provision of end to end solutions, from boiler management systems to turbine auxiliary controls, with interfaces for seamless systems integration with other technology vendors.

A release stated that “Coastal Gujarat Power can immediately leverage the global expertise and engineering capabilities of Invensys, giving them the assurance of proven delivery capability and commitment to train Coastal Gujarat's operators.”

(Sourced from Business Standards)