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| − | {{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Meenakshi Energy Thermal Power Project''' is a 300-megawatt (MW) coal plant completed in 2012 and 2013 in [[Andhra Pradesh and coal|Andhra Pradesh]], India. It is listed by the Central Electricity Authority as '''Thamminapatnam Thermal Power Plant.''' Two additional phases are being planned that | + | {{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Meenakshi Energy Thermal Power Project''' is a 300-megawatt (MW) coal plant completed in 2012 and 2013 in [[Andhra Pradesh and coal|Andhra Pradesh]], India. It is listed by the Central Electricity Authority as '''Thamminapatnam Thermal Power Plant.''' Two additional phases are being planned that would bring the total size of the plant to 900 MW. |
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
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'''Parent:''' [[Engie]] (74% ownership), Meenakshi Group (26% ownership)<br> | '''Parent:''' [[Engie]] (74% ownership), Meenakshi Group (26% ownership)<br> | ||
'''Location:''' Thamminapatnam village, Chillakur mandal, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh<br> | '''Location:''' Thamminapatnam village, Chillakur mandal, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh<br> | ||
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'''Status''' | '''Status''' | ||
*Phase I Unit 1: Operating | *Phase I Unit 1: Operating | ||
Revision as of 03:25, 17 January 2016
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} Meenakshi Energy Thermal Power Project is a 300-megawatt (MW) coal plant completed in 2012 and 2013 in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is listed by the Central Electricity Authority as Thamminapatnam Thermal Power Plant. Two additional phases are being planned that would bring the total size of the plant to 900 MW.
Contents
Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant in Thamminapatnam village.
Background
Meenakshi Energy Thermal Power Project is a 300 MW coal project built by Meenakshi Energy in Andhra Pradesh. According to the Central Electricity Authority (September 2012), the first unit of 150 MW was commissioned in September 2012 and the second unit of 150 MW was commissioned in April 2013.[1] According to the company web site, "The first phase of the Project (300 MW) has been configured in a unique 'part tolling-part merchant' configuration with PTC India Limited."[2]
Meenakshi Energy mentions additional expansion of the project to a total of 900 MW (2 x 300 MW addition) or 1000 MW (2 x 350 MW addition).[2] As of August 2014 the company describes the "ultimate capacity" of the project as 900 MW.[3]
In 2013 French energy company GDF Suez (later renamed Engie) spent $400 million to acquire a 74 per cent stake in Meenakshi Energy, including the Meenakshi power station. Indian developer Meenakshi Group owns the remaining 26 per cent stake. The Hindu stated a 700 MW addition to the plant was under construction and expected to be complete by March, 2015.[4]
In August 2015 Engie said it was planning to sell its controlling stake in the Meenakshi plant. The French government, which owns a third of Engie, wants to reorient state-backed companies toward renewables, after a sustained public opposition campaign to French financing of fossil fuel projects. The planned 700 MW were reported as under construction,[5] although the proposed units are not included in the India government's 2015 list of power projects under construction.[6]
Project Details
Sponsor: Meenakshi Energy
Parent: Engie (74% ownership), Meenakshi Group (26% ownership)
Location: Thamminapatnam village, Chillakur mandal, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates: 14.2111946, 80.0900615 (exact)
Status
- Phase I Unit 1: Operating
- Phase I Unit 2: Operating
- Phase II: Permitted (no confirmation that the project has actually gone into construction)[4]
- Phase III: Pre-permit development
Start date:
- Phase I Unit 1: commissioned September 2012
- Phase I Unit 2: commissioned April 2013
- Phase II: 2015[4]
- Phase III: 2016[7]
December, 2014
Nameplate capacity:
- Phase I Unit 1: 150 MW
- Phase I Unit 2: 150 MW
- Phase II: 300 MW[8][2]
- Phase III: 300 MW (TOR for Phase III was for 1320 MW, but company has scaled back total project size to 900 MW)[2]
Type:
Coal Type:
Coal Source:
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing: 10-07-2010 - Loan agreement signed with SBI & other Banks, SBI as lead lender[1]
Permits and applications:
- Phase I: Environmental clearance, India MoEF, Oct 19, 2009
- Phase II: Environmental clearance, India MoEF, Oct 19, 2009
- Phase II: Environmental clearance extension, India MoEF, Oct 9, 2013
- Phase III: Terms of reference, India MoEF, Dec 9, 2010
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country, Central Electricity Authority, November 2013
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "About Us," Meenakshi Energy website, accessed January 2012 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Meen" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "Ongoing initiatives," Meenakshi Energy website, accessed August 2014
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 "GDF to pick up 74% stake in Meenakshi Energy," The Hindu, December 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Engie Said to Plan Over $1 Billion Sale of Asian Coal Plants," Bloomberg, Aug 17, 2015
- ↑ "Broad Status Report," India Central Electrical Authority, May 29, 2015
- ↑ "CODs for coal based thermal power plants," Government of India Ministry of Power Central Electricity Authority,"] Dec 24, 2014
- ↑ Environmental clearance extension, India MoEF, Oct 9, 2013
