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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Wardha Warora Power Plant''' is a 540 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Maharashtra, India.

==Location==
The photo below shows the project, which is located adjacent to the [[EMCO Energy Warora Power Project]] in Warora Growth Centre village. 
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==Background==
The project is owned by [[Wardha Power Company]] Limited ((WPCL), a subsidiary of [[KSK Energy Ventures]].<ref name="Project">KSK Energy Ventures, [http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/oil-energy/200705122867.htm "KSK Energy Ventures sets up a 540 MW Project in Maharashtra"], Media Release, May 13, 2007.</ref> 

The plant comprises four units of 135 MW each, commissioned as follows:<Ref>[http://bit.ly/ArS57I "Monthly report on broad status of thermal power projects in the country,"] Ministry of Power, Central Electrical Authority, Thermal Projects Monitoring Division, February 2012</ref>
* Unit 1 - 135 MW - June 2010
* Unit 2 - 135 MW - October 2010
* Unit 3 - 135 MW - January 2011
* Unit 4 - 135 MW - April 2011

The company states that coal will be sourced from [[Western Coalfields]], a subsidiary of [[Coal India]]. The plant is being built for WPCL by [[Shangdong Electric Power Construction Corporation]] (SEPCO).<ref name="Thermal">KSK Energy Ventures, [http://www.ksk.co.in/opr-evl-tp.html "Thermal Power Plants"],  KSK Energy Ventures website, accessed February 2012.</ref>

===Expansion===
The company received a terms of reference for an additional unit 5 of 300 MW in 2010,<ref>[http://bit.ly/1jQhbfx Terms of Reference,] India MoEF, September 9, 2010.</ref> but as of 2014 the unit has not received environmental clearance and may have been abandoned.

==Free land and no public consultation==

In a media release on the project KSK Energy Ventures stated that the "Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has lent support to the initiative by providing 94 hectors [sic] of land for the project in Warora".<ref name="Project"/>

In its letter granting environmental clearance for the project, the Ministry of Environment & Forests stated that, as the project was located in an industrial park, the project was exempt from public consultation.<ref name="Moef">Ministry of Environment & Forests, [http://www.ksk.co.in/env/Env-Clearance-WPCL.pdf "Letter to Wardha Power Company"], July 17, 2007, page 1.</ref>

==Coal supply==

On its website KSK Energy Ventures states that coal for the project will be sourced from [[Western Coalfields]].<ref name="Thermal"/> In July 2007 the Ministry of Environment & Forests granted environmental clearance for the project, stating that coal for the project would be sourced from the [[Morga II Block]].<ref name="Moef"/>

==Project Finance==

In a 2007 media release KSK stated that the project was expected to cost Rs. 2400 Crores of which [[Rural Electrification Corporation]] Limited (REC) - Rs. 555 cr, HUDCO - Rs. 233 cr, [[Indian Overseas Bank]] (IOB) - Rs. 100 cr. KSK Energy Ventures Private Limited (Rs. 130 cr) and Viraj Profiles Limited (Rs. 90 cr) pump in a combined equity of Rs 220 cr.<ref name="Project"/>
(In 2007 USD the project total cost was $588.9 million with the respective shares being: Rural Electrification Corporation $136 million; HUDCO $57.2 million; Indian Overseas Bank $24.5 million, KSK $31.9 million and Viraj Profiles $22 million).<ref>[http://in.finance.yahoo.com/currencies/converter/#from=INR;to=USD;amt=900 "Currencies Center"], Yahoo, accessed February 2012. (The figures were converted using May 2007 currency rates).</ref>

==Power off-take agreements==

On its website KSK states that WPC has "entered into a power delivery agreement with various bulk consumers in the state of Maharashtra."<ref name="Thermal"/> In 2007 KSK stated that it had entered into a Power Purchase Agreement to supply 270 MW to the stainless steel maker Viraj Profiles.<ref name="Project"/>

==Project Details==
'''Sponsor:''' KSK Energy Ventures<br>
'''Location:''' Warora Growth Centre village, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra<br>
'''Coordinates:''' 20.2724429, 78.9789158 (exact)<br>
'''Status:''' Operating (Units 1-4); Cancelled (Unit 5 Expansion)<br>
'''Capacity:''' 540 MW (4 x 135 MW)<br>
'''Type:''' Subcritical<br>
'''Projected in service:''' <br>
'''Coal Type:''' <br>
'''Coal Source:''' Western Coalfields<br>
'''Estimated annual CO<sub>2</sub>:''' <br>
'''Source of financing:''' <br>
'''Permits and applications:'''
* Phase I, Units 1 & 2: [http://bit.ly/1iCi6SG Environmental Clearance,] India MoEF, July 17, 2007
* Phase I, Units 3 & 4: [http://bit.ly/1iCi1yg Environmental Clearance,] India MoEF, November 21, 2007
* Phase I, Unit 5: [http://bit.ly/1jQhbfx Terms of Reference,] India MoEF, September 9, 2010

==Resources==
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===Related SourceWatch articles===
*[[India and coal]]
*[[Proposed coal plants in India]]


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