Paras power station
{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}} Paras power station is an existing 562.5 megawatt (MW) coal plant in Nasik village, 6 km north of Balapur, Maharashtra state, India. The plant is operated by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco).
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Background
The plant consists of five units:[1] It is a subcritical plant.
- Unit 1 - 30 MW - 1961 (decommissioned 1991)
- Unit 2 - 62.5 MW - 1967
- Unit 3 - 250 MW - 2007
- Unit 4 - 250 MW - 2010
Unit 5: 250 MW Expansion
Mahagenco is planning to install a 250 MW unit at the same location as the existing plant. In January 2014 the company described the status of the project as follows:[2]
- Land: Land acquisition for power house and ash disposal area is completed.
- Water: Available from lower Mun barrage.
- Fuel : MahaGuj has, vide letter dtd. 18th May, 2011, assured supply of coal to this project from Machhakata coal blocks. Further, GoI Vide Letter dtd 06.09.2013 have allocated Coal block of Mahajanwadi, Nagpur for this project.
- MoE&F clearance: The Terms of Reference (TOR) is received from Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India on 26.09.2012. Final EIA report awaited from NEERI.
- Power Purchase Agreement: MERC vide order dtd. 29.10.2013 accorded approval to amend PPA dtd. 01.04.2009 with MSEDCL for addition of this project in existing PPA.
- Follow up with GoM for approval of the project is going on.
Project Details
Sponsor: Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco)
Location: Nasik village, 6 km north of Balapur, Maharashtra state, India
Coordinates: 20.7147, 76.7948
Status:
Nameplate capacity: 250 MW
Type:
Projected in service:
Coal Source: [2]
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing:
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References
- ↑ Nasik Coal Power Station India, Global Energy Observatory, accessed February 2012
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 "Future Projects (6090 MW)," Mahagenco, Accessed January 8, 2014
