NLCIL, CIL announce plans for new thermal power plants to meet energy demands
₹19,406 crore, will supply 1478.28 MW of power to Uttar Pradesh and 492.72 MW to Assam. The project is in the implementation phase, with the first phase of this plant is expected to start power generation by the end of this year, it added. NLCIL is also working on a 3 x 800 MW pithead thermal power plant at Talabira in Odisha, projected to cost ₹19,422 crore.
The plant will supply 1450 MW power to Tamil Nadu, 100 MW to Puducherry, and 400 MW to Kerala. The project is expected to commence by year-end and aims for completion by 2028-29. Coal India is planning two thermal power plants, with one located near Amarkantak in collaboration with the Madhya Pradesh government.
The plant, with a capacity of 1x660 MW and an estimated cost of ₹5,600 crore, is set to begin construction by the end of this financial year and targeted for completion by 2028. In addition, MCL, a subsidiary of CIL, is establishing Mahanadi Basin Power Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary, to build a 2x800 MW thermal power plant near Basundhara Mines. The project, costing ₹15,947 crore, has garnered interest from several states for 4000 MW worth of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).
Work on this project is expected to begin around the middle of next year and targeted completion date is set for 2028, it added. The ministry of coal has advised all subsidiaries of CIL to find suitable de-coaled land for establishing new pithead thermal power plants. Setting up power plants at pithead is more cost-effective, with a tentatively fixed cost of approximately ₹2.5 and a variable cost of about ₹1.25 per unit, making it possible to generate power at less than ₹4 per unit.
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