{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}'''Latur power station''' is a proposed 1,500-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India. ==Location==The map below shows Latur district, the proposed location where the plant would be built.
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==Background==
'''Latur power station''' The project is a proposed 1500 megawatt sponsored by [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]] (MWMahagenco) coal plant in Maharashtra state, India.<ref name=status>[http://bit.ly/ygdren "Presentation on present status of power projects in Western Ghat of Maharashtra,"] Mahagenco, November 11, 2010</ref> The project is sponsored by [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]] (Mahagenco). According to a November 2010 company presentation, the project was in the "planning and engineering" phase and is scheduled for operation in late 2016."<ref name=status/> As of April 2014, Mahagenco lists the project as target for 2017-2018 and describes the status as follows: "Subject to availability of fuel. Land acquisition and other tie-ups in progress."<ref>[http://www.mahagenco.in/index.php/projects#future-projects "Ongoing and Future Projects,"] Mahagenco website, accessed April 2014</ref>