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==Location==
The map below shows the location of Kakinada but not the exact location of the projectplant.{{#display_pointdisplay_map:|Kakinada17.0587, Andhra Pradesh, India82.3097|width=500600|height=400500|type=normalhybrid|zoom=516}}
==Background==
'''Uppada power station''' is an existing 208 megawatt gas-fured fired power station near Komaragiri village in Kakinada, a port city in Andhra Pradesh which is owned an operated by [[Spectrum Power Generation]].<ref>Spectrum Power Generation, [http://spgl.co.in/about-us.html"About Us"], Spectrum Power Generation website, accessed February 2012.</ref> A planned 1300+ megawatt expansion plan was initially considered as a coal-fired project but is now being promoted as a gas-fired plant.
==Coal-fired expansion plan morphs into gas project ==
'''Sponsor:''' Spectrum Power Generation<br>
'''Location:''' Komaragiri village in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India <br>
'''Coordinates:''' 1617.9451810587, 82.238647 3097 (approximateexact)<br>
'''Status:''' No longer being pursued as a coal project<br>
'''Nameplate capacity:''' 1320 (coal) (1350 (Gas) MW<br>
