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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 1320 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 is in the "planning and engineering" phase and is scheduled for operation in late 2016.<ref name=status/>  
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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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On its website (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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As of April 2015 the project has yet to receive environmental permits and no longer appears on Mahagenco's website. It appears to be cancelled.
  
 
==Project Details==
 
==Project Details==
 
'''Sponsor:''' [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]] (Mahagenco)<br>
 
'''Sponsor:''' [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]] (Mahagenco)<br>
'''Location:'''  Latur district, Maharashtra state, India<br>
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'''Location:'''  Latur district, Maharashtra<br>
'''Coordinates:''' <br>
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'''Coordinates:''' 18.4, 76.58 (approximate)<br>
'''Status:''' Proposed<br>
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'''Status:''' Cancelled<br>
'''Nameplate capacity:''' 1320 MW<br>
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'''Nameplate capacity:''' 1500 MW<br>
 
'''Type:''' [[Supercritical]]<br>
 
'''Type:''' [[Supercritical]]<br>
'''Projected in service:''' 2016<br>
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'''Projected in service:''' <br>
 
'''Coal Source:''' <br>
 
'''Coal Source:''' <br>
 
'''Estimated annual CO<sub>2</sub>:''' <br>
 
'''Estimated annual CO<sub>2</sub>:''' <br>
'''Source of financing:''' <br>  
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'''Source of financing:''' <br>
  
 
==Resources and articles==
 
==Resources and articles==

Latest revision as of 17:21, 16 April 2015

{{#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]

On its website (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]

As of April 2015 the project has yet to receive environmental permits and no longer appears on Mahagenco's website. It appears to be cancelled.

Project Details

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

Resources and articles

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