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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}'''Latur power station''' is a proposed coal plant in Maharashtra, India.  
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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}'''Latur power station''' is a proposed 1,500-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India.
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==Location==
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The map below shows Latur district, the proposed location where the plant would be built.
  
 
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==Background==
 
==Background==
'''Latur power station''' is a proposed 1500 megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra state, India.<ref name=status>[http://bit.ly/ygdren "Presentation on present status of power projects in Western Ghat of Maharashtra,"] Mahagenco, November 11, 2010</ref> The project is sponsored by [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]] (Mahagenco). According to a November 2010 company presentation, the project was in the "planning and engineering" phase and is scheduled for operation in late 2016.<ref name=status/> As of April 2014, Mahagenco lists the project as target for 2017-2018 and describes the status as follows: "Subject to availability of fuel. Land acquisition and other tie-ups in progress."<ref>[http://www.mahagenco.in/index.php/projects#future-projects "Ongoing and Future Projects,"] Mahagenco website, accessed April 2014</ref>
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The project is sponsored by [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]] (Mahagenco).<ref name=status>[http://bit.ly/ygdren "Presentation on present status of power projects in Western Ghat of Maharashtra,"] Mahagenco, November 11, 2010</ref>  
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According to a November 2010 company presentation, the project was in the "planning and engineering" phase and is scheduled for operation in late 2016."<ref name=status/>  
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As of April 2014, Mahagenco lists the project as target for 2017-2018 and describes the status as follows: "Subject to availability of fuel. Land acquisition and other tie-ups in progress."<ref>[http://www.mahagenco.in/index.php/projects#future-projects "Ongoing and Future Projects,"] Mahagenco website, accessed April 2014</ref>
  
 
==Project Details==
 
==Project Details==

Revision as of 01:58, 11 September 2014

{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}Latur power station is a proposed 1,500-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India.

Location

The map below shows Latur district, the proposed location where the plant would be built.

Background

The project is sponsored by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco).[1]

According to a November 2010 company presentation, the project was in the "planning and engineering" phase and is scheduled for operation in late 2016."[1]

As of April 2014, Mahagenco lists the project as target for 2017-2018 and describes the status as follows: "Subject to availability of fuel. Land acquisition and other tie-ups in progress."[2]

Project Details

Sponsor: Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco)
Location: Latur district, Maharashtra
Coordinates: 18.4, 76.58 (approximate)
Status: Announced
Nameplate capacity: 1500 MW
Type: Supercritical
Projected in service: 2017-2018
Coal Source:
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing:

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