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{{stub}}{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} The '''Jaigad coal plant''' is a proposed 34,200 400 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station (1,200 MW in the first phase and 3,200 in the second phase) planned by [[JSW Energy]] for Jaigad, in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, India.<ref>[http://envis.maharashtra.gov.in/envis_data/?q=wghats_10 "Western Ghats"] Environmental Information Centre, accessed Oct. 2011.</ref> Maharashtra is among India’s most industrialized states, and is seeking to make itself an "attractive investment destination" for manufacturers to maintain its primacy in the sector.<ref>Makarand Gadgil, [http://www.livemint.com/2011/09/10000526/RPower-wants-to-scrap-Raigad.html?h=B "R-Power wants to scrap Raigad power project"] Wall Street Journal, Sep. 10, 2011.</ref>
In July 2011, [[JSW Energy]] said it was delaying expansion of its 3,200 MW coal plant in Ratnagiri as it waits for coal-pricing “clarity” from Indonesia and Australia.<ref>Rajesh Kumar Singh, [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-22/billionaire-jindal-s-jsw-delays-power-project-expansion-on-high-coal-costs.html "Billionaire Jindal’s JSW Delays Power-Project Expansion on High Coal Costs"] Bloomberg, July 22, 2011.</ref>
