Trombay Coal Terminal
{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}} Trombay Coal Terminal (also referred to as Trombay coal berth) is a dedicated coal unloading facility for Tata Power's 1580 megawatt Trombay Power Station. The terminal is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Location
Background
Trombay Power Station was established in 1956 to provide power to the city of Mumbai. Unit 6 was operational in 1990 and runs on fuel oil. Tata Power has said the rising cost of fuel oil has led the company to propose conversion to imported coal.[1]
Coal imports
As of late 2012 the terminal has a capacity of approximately 2.4 million tonnes of coal for the existing coal-fired units at the power station. Tata Power has proposed that the capacity of the be expanded to 4.4 million tonnes a year and an additional coal storage area be built as a part of converting the existing oil/gas-fired 500 MW Unit 6 to coal.[2] (For more detail on the proposed upgrade see Trombay Power Station Proposed Conversion of Unit 6 to coal-fired).
As of May 2015 the proposed expansion received coastal zone clearance[3] but still needs air and water pollution permits.[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Tata Power
- Location: Trombay suburb, Mumbai city, Maharashtra state, India
- Existing Capacity (Tonnes per annum): 2.4 million
- Additional Proposed Capacity: 2 million
- Status: Proposed expansion
- Type: Imports
- Projected in service:
- Cost of expansion:
- Financing for expansion:
- Coal Source:
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References
- ↑ Tata Power, "The Proposed Modernisation of Existing Unit # 6 (500 MW) by change of fuel at Trombay Thermal Power Station", Draft Environment Impact Assessment Report, October 2012.
- ↑ Tata Power, "The Proposed Modernisation of Existing Unit # 6 (500 MW) by change of fuel at Trombay Thermal Power Station", Draft Environment Impact Assessment Report, October 2012, page 4.
- ↑ "Enhancing coal handling capacity, installation of coal conveyor, stack yard and FDG disposal at Trombay Thermal Power Station, Maharashtra by MIs Tata Power Company Ltd. - CRZ Clearance," Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, May 12, 2015
- ↑ "MoEF grants nod under CRZ Notification to Tata Power's Trombay unit," Business Standard, May 22, 2015
