Wardha Warora Power Plant
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} Wardha Warora Power Plant is a proposed coal plant in Maharashtra, India.
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Location
The map below shows Warora, but not the exact location of the project:
Background
Wardha Warora Power Plant is a proposed 540 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in the Warora Growth Centre, District Chandrapur, in Maharashtra. The project is owned by Wardha Power Company Limited ((WPCL), a subsidiary of KSK Energy Ventures.[1] The plant comprises four units of 135 MW each, commissioned as follows:[2]
- Unit 1 - 135 MW - June 2010
- Unit 2 - 135 MW - October 2010
- Unit 3 - 135 MW - January 2011
- Unit 4 - 135 MW - April 2011
The company states that coal will be sourced from Western Coalfields, a subsidiary of Coal India. The plant is being built for WPCL by Shangdong Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO).[3]
Free land and no public consultation
In a media release on the project KSK Energy Ventures stated that the "Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has lent support to the initiative by providing 94 hectors [sic] of land for the project in Warora".[1]
In its letter granting environmental clearance for the project, the Ministry of Environment & Forests stated that, as the project was located in an industrial park, the project was exempt from public consultation.[4]
Coal supply
On its website KSK Energy Ventures states that coal for the project will be sourced from Western Coalfields.[3] In July 2007 the Ministry of Environment & Forests granted environmental clearance for the project, stating that coal for the project would be sourced from the Morga II Block.[4]
Project Finance
In a 2007 media release KSK stated that the project was expected to cost Rs. 2400 Crores of which Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) - Rs. 555 cr, HUDCO - Rs. 233 cr, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) - Rs. 100 cr. KSK Energy Ventures Private Limited (Rs. 130 cr) and Viraj Profiles Limited (Rs. 90 cr) pump in a combined equity of Rs 220 cr.[1] (In 2007 USD the project total cost was $588.9 million with the respective shares being: Rural Electrification Corporation $136 million; HUDCO $57.2 million; Indian Overseas Bank $24.5 million, KSK $31.9 million and Viraj Profiles $22 million).[5]
Power off-take agreements
On its website KSK states that WPC has "entered into a power delivery agreement with various bulk consumers in the state of Maharashtra."[3] In 2007 KSK stated that it had entered into a Power Purchase Agreement to supply 270 MW to the stainless steel maker Viraj Profiles.[1]
Project Details
Sponsor: KSK Energy Ventures
Location: Warora Growth Centre, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra
Coordinates:
Status: Operating
Nameplate capacity: 540 MW
Type:
Projected in service:
Coal Type:
Coal Source: Western Coalfields
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing:
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 KSK Energy Ventures, "KSK Energy Ventures sets up a 540 MW Project in Maharashtra", Media Release, May 13, 2007.
- ↑ "Monthly report on broad status of thermal power projects in the country," Ministry of Power, Central Electrical Authority, Thermal Projects Monitoring Division, February 2012
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 KSK Energy Ventures, "Thermal Power Plants", KSK Energy Ventures website, accessed February 2012.
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Ministry of Environment & Forests, "Letter to Wardha Power Company", July 17, 2007, page 1.
- ↑ "Currencies Center", Yahoo, accessed February 2012. (The figures were converted using May 2007 currency rates).
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