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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}}'''Lovapalem power station''' is a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power station which has been proposed by [[My Home Power]], a small engineering company, to be built at Lovapalem village, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh.<ref>Ministry of Coal, [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=lovapalem%20power%20station&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoal.nic.in%2Fcpd190811.pdf&ei=ybs5T8bkOs7NrQfRwMG8CA&usg=AFQjCNHvK8N34tqcvfGNjrPvlC-v6ktYhg&cad=rja "PENDING APPLICATION OF SEBs UPTO 31ST JULY,2011"], Ministry of Coal, August 2011.</ref> However, on the company's website the project is not specifically listed as a part of its "expansion plans".<ref>My Home Power, [http://www.myhomepower.in/expansion-plan.html "Current & Future Projects"], My Home Power website, accessed February 2012.</ref>
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Lovapalem power station''' is a proposed coal plant in [[Andhra Pradesh and coal|Andhra Pradesh]], India.
  
 
==Location==
 
==Location==
The map below shows the location of Visakhapatnam but not the exact location of the project.
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The map below shows the location of Visakhapatnam district, the approximate location where the plant would be built.
{{#display_point:|Lovapalem, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India|width=500|height=400|type=normal|zoom=7}}
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{{#display_map:17.466444, 82.961361|width=500|height=400|type=normal|zoom=7}}
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==Background==
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Lovapalem power station is a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power station proposed for Lovapalem village, Visakhapatnam district, by the small engineering company [[My Home Power]]. It is listed on the India government's 2011 list of proposed coal projects.<ref>Ministry of Coal, [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=lovapalem%20power%20station&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoal.nic.in%2Fcpd190811.pdf&ei=ybs5T8bkOs7NrQfRwMG8CA&usg=AFQjCNHvK8N34tqcvfGNjrPvlC-v6ktYhg&cad=rja "PENDING APPLICATION OF SEBs UP TO 31ST JULY,2011"], Ministry of Coal, August 2011.</ref>
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However, the project is not specifically listed as a part of My Home Power's "expansion plans" on its website, as of 2012.<ref>My Home Power, [http://www.myhomepower.in/expansion-plan.html "Current & Future Projects"], My Home Power website, accessed February 2012.</ref> As of 2014 the company website is no longer in existence.
  
 
==Project Details==
 
==Project Details==
 
'''Sponsor:''' My Home Power<br>
 
'''Sponsor:''' My Home Power<br>
'''Location:''' Lovapalem village, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh<br>
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'''Location:''' Lovapalem village, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh<br>
'''Coordinates:''' 17.466444, 82.961361 (approximate area only)<br>
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'''Coordinates:''' 17.466444, 82.961361 (approximate)<br>
'''Status:''' Unconfirmed<br>
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'''Status:''' Cancelled<br>
 
'''Nameplate capacity:''' 1000 MW (2 x 500 MW)<br>
 
'''Nameplate capacity:''' 1000 MW (2 x 500 MW)<br>
 
'''Type:''' <br>
 
'''Type:''' <br>
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Latest revision as of 16:58, 29 March 2014

{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} Lovapalem power station is a proposed coal plant in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Location

The map below shows the location of Visakhapatnam district, the approximate location where the plant would be built.

Background

Lovapalem power station is a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power station proposed for Lovapalem village, Visakhapatnam district, by the small engineering company My Home Power. It is listed on the India government's 2011 list of proposed coal projects.[1]

However, the project is not specifically listed as a part of My Home Power's "expansion plans" on its website, as of 2012.[2] As of 2014 the company website is no longer in existence.

Project Details

Sponsor: My Home Power
Location: Lovapalem village, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates: 17.466444, 82.961361 (approximate)
Status: Cancelled
Nameplate capacity: 1000 MW (2 x 500 MW)
Type:
Projected in service:
Coal Type:
Coal Source:
Estimated annual CO2: 5,913,701 tons[3]
Source of financing:

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References

  1. Ministry of Coal, "PENDING APPLICATION OF SEBs UP TO 31ST JULY,2011", Ministry of Coal, August 2011.
  2. My Home Power, "Current & Future Projects", My Home Power website, accessed February 2012.
  3. For estimation method, see Estimating carbon dioxide emissions for proposed coal plants in India

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