Essar Power has produced 49 percent more electricity at 11.33 billion units (BUs) during last fiscal ended March 31 as compared to 7.63 BUs in the previous year.

Essar Power has said in a statement that the generation was up 57 percent for the January-March quarter of 2016-17 at 2.92 BUs compared to 1.86 BUs in the year-ago period.

It has further said that 165 MW generation capacity has been added through commissioning one unit each at its Paradip and Hazira plants.

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