Darkhan Thermal Power Plant turns 50

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ “Darkhan Thermal Power Plant” State-owned company has been entitled to be awarded “Labor Merit’s Red Banner Order” in accordance with a Presidential decree. The award was handed August 13 by the Chief of Staff of President’s Office P.Tsagaan at 50th anniversary celebration of the power plant. The decision to establish the Darkhan power plant was made on March 31, 1961. The plant was commissioned in October of 1965 with capacity of 48 MWT. Today, the entity is supplying every year some 200 million KWT electricity to Mongolia’s energy system, and 500 thousand gcal of heat to Darkhan city. The Presidential decree says: Darkhan Thermal Power Plant is to be awarded State Red Banner Order in the high recognition of the hard work of generations of workers of the plant , on the occasion of the 2224th anniversary of the first state – Hun Empire, the 809th anniversary of the Great Mongol Empire, and the 104th anniversary of Restoration of Independence and National Freedom and the 94th anniversary of the People’s Revolution.