Yadadri power station

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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}Yadadri power station is a proposed 4,000-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Telangana, India.

Location

The map below shows the location of the project in Nalgonda District, as described in the EIA.[1]

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Background

On September 19, 2015, Telangana State Power Generation Corp (TSGENCO) applied for a terms of reference (ToR) for a 5 x 800 MW supercritical coal plant in Veerlapalem Village, Damercherla Tehsil. The plant would use 50% domestic and 50% imported coal.[2]

In July 2015, TSGENCO awarded an INR179.5 billion (US$2.81 billion) contract to build the Yadadri project to the central government-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL).[3][4] BHEL will set up the plant on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.[5]

The terms of reference (ToR) was approved on February 16, 2016.[6] The EIA was submitted in June 2016.[1] The plant received environmental clearance on June 29, 2017.[7]

Boiler erection is expected to start in March 2019. Units 1-2 are planned for commissioning in 2020, and units 3-5 in 2021.[8]

Impacts

The plant would be constructed on 2,800 acres of land, of which 2,095 acres is forest land. The remaining land is privately- or government-owned. The plant would displace about 173 families.[9]

Financing

In May 2017 the first four units of the thermal power plant got financing support of INR169.5 billion (US$2.65 billion) from India's Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). In September 2017, India's government-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) committed a term loan of INR40 billion (US$600 million) to TSGENCO for setting up the fifth unit of the coal plant.[4][10][11]

Project Details

  • Sponsor: Telangana State Power Generation Corp (TSGENCO)
  • Location: Veerlapalem Village, Damercherla Tehsil, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India
  • Coordinates: 16.7082188, 79.5811844 (exact)
  • Status: Construction
  • Capacity: 4,000 MW (Units 1-5: 800 MW)
  • Type: Supercritical
  • Projected in service: 2020 (Units 1-2), 2021 (Units 3-5)
  • Coal Type:
  • Coal Source: Domestic coal from the Singareni coalfields, supplemented by imported coal for any shortfalls[10]
  • Source of financing: Rural Electrification Corporation, Power Finance Corp
  • Permits and applications: Terms of reference, India MoEF, Feb 16, 2016; Environmental clearance, India MoEF, June 29, 2017

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 EIA, Telangana State Power Generation Corp (TSGENCO), June 2016
  2. Form 1, India MoEF, Sep 19, 2016
  3. "BHEL bags its largest order worth Rs 18,000 crore in Telangana," DNA, June 2, 2015
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Yadadri thermal project secures $600m financing from PFC for fifth unit," EBR, 18 September 2017
  5. Sarita C Singh, "BHEL bags India's largest power contract worth Rs 20,400 crore from Telangana," ET Bureau, October 23, 2017
  6. "Terms of reference," India MoEF, Feb 16, 2016
  7. "Environmental clearance," India MoEF, June 29, 2017
  8. Broad Status of Thermal Power Plants, India Central Electricity Authority, March 2019
  9. "Yadadri power plant gets green signal," The Hans India, July 13, 2017
  10. 10.0 10.1 B Dasarath Reddy, "Environment ministry backs Telangana's mega thermal power push," Business Standard, May 18, 2017
  11. "PFC to provide Rs 4,000 crore for 4 GW power plant in Telangana," PTI, September 28, 2017

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