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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Rampur coal plant''' is was a proposed coal plant in Maharashtra, India.

The '''Rampur coal plant''' is was a proposed 1,000 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station planned by [[Finolex]] for Rampur, 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 representatives say they are seeking to make the state 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 2008 news items reported that Finolex Cables planned to set up a 1000 MW coal plant on land held by its sister company, Finolex Industries. The project would come on the heels of a 43 MW captive coal plant at Finolex's PVC manufacturing plant in Ranagiri. Under the plan for the 1000 MW plant, Finolex would convert its fair-weather port into an all-season port, allowing coal to be imported from Indonesia.<ref>Promit, Mukherjee, [http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-cables-to-spearhead-finolex-power-foray-1164239 "Cables to spearhead Finolex power foray,"] DNA, May 14, 2008</ref>

'''Status:'''Cancelled<br>

'''Coal Source:''' Indonesia<br>