Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam

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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam (RVUN) is the publicly owned power generation company in Rajasthan. The present installed capacity of RVUN is 4097 megawatts (MW) which is overwhlmingly from coal-fired power stations.[1]

Existing coal-fired power stations

On its website, RVUN lists its coal-fired power stations as being:[1]

New coal power station proposal and expansion of existing plants

RVUN is currently adding 1860MW of new generating capacity to its system. Of this, 1700MW is proposed to be from one new coal-fired power station and the upgrading of two existing plants. The proposed new and expanded coal plants are:

  • Kalisindh Thermal Power Station is a proposed 1200MW plant comprising two 600MW units which is currently under construction. The units are scheduled to be commissioned in March and July 2012.[2]

In addition, RVUN is proposing that a further 7,750MW of coal plants be added during the 2012-17 period. These are:[4]

  • additional 330 gas-fired expansions at each of the Kota Gas Power Project, the Chhabra Gas Power Project and the Dholpur Gas Power Station. In addition an extra 160MW of gas fired capacity is proposed as the fourth stage of the Ramgarh Gas Power Station.

Contact details

Corporate Office, Jaipur Rajasthn Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited ,
vidyut Bhawan,
Jyoti Nagar Janpath,
Jaipur -302005
Website: http://www.rvunl.com/

Resources and articles

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam, "Present Installed capacity of Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam is 4097.35 MW", Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam website, accessed November 2011.
  2. Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam, "Kalisindh TPP Unit-1 & 2 (2X600 MW )", Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam website, August 2011.
  3. Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam, "Chhabra TPP Unit-3 & 4 (2X250 MW ) – Extension project", Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam website, August 2011.
  4. Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam, "New Power Project to be commissioned in XII plan", Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam website, accessed November 2011.
  5. Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam, "Banswara TPP Unit-1 & 2 (2X660 MW )", Rajasthan RV Utpadan Nigam website, accessed December 2011.