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OPG - On track to grow from 234MW to 700 MW

July 2013

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It has to be said. These were superb results from OPG with sales for the year to 31 March up 46% to Â£56m. Some of it was lost in translation and underlying rupee revenues were up 63%. Pretax profit grew 50% to Â£13.2m, giving rise to eps of 2.5p. EBITDA was Â£17.7m and EBITDA margins were 32%. The results reflect a full 12 months from the 77MW ChennaiI power station and six months from its twin ChennaiII. Together the amount of energy delivered was 44% higher than a year ago whilst tariffs were also 13% higher at Rs5.58/kWh. Costs were contained mainly through the use of imported coal with a higher calorific value rather than domestically produced coal. Speaking to the company, it seems like the Regulator is now ...

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