Yermarus power station

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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}Yeramarus power station is a 1,600-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Karnataka, India.

Location

The photo below shows the plant near Yedlapur village, Riachur district, Karnataka, India.

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Background

The project originally started as a 1600 MW plant (2x800 MW) but was reported at one point to have been increased to a 1700 MW (2x850 MW) project. As of April 2012 the company has cleared and constructed a wall around the 685 acre plot. In one report there were to be two units, one at Yermarus and one at nearby Yedlapur. However, in the most recent company reports the project is a two-unit facility being constructed at Yermarus.[1]

As of August 2014, the sponsor lists the size as 2 x 800 MW and under construction. Commissioning is planned for 2015,[1][2] later pushed to December 2015 for unit 1 and April 2016 for unit 2.[3]

Unit 1 was commissioned in March 2016.[4] Unit 2 was synchronized in July 2016,[5] and is planned for commercial operation in January 2017.[6]

Unit 2 was commissioned in March 2017, with commercial operation planned for April 2017.[7]

Opposition

According to press reports, 250 families will be displaced by the project. Opponents of the project affiliated with various parties have worked under the umbrella organisation Raichur Hitarakshana Samithi to stage public protests. Issues include fly ash as well as the cumulative impact of the project on top of the existing pollution from the eight units of the Raichur Thermal Power Station, also under construction by Karnataka Power Corporation[8]

Project Details

Sponsor: Raichur Power Corporation Ltd.[1]
Parent: Karnataka Power Corporation and BHEL joint venture[2]
Location: Yermarus village, Raichur district, Karnataka
Coordinates: 16.2952614, 77.3561203 (exact)
Status: Operating
Nameplate capacity: 1,600 MW (Units 1-2: 800 MW)
Type: Supercritical
In service: 2016-2017
Coal Source:
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing:
Permits and applications: Environmental clearance, India MoEF, Nov 17, 2009

Resources and articles

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Work on thermal plant at Yermarus will begin in April," The Hindu, January 5, 2012
  2. 2.0 2.1 "YERAMARUS (2×800 MW) THERMAL POWER STATION (JOINT VENTURE – RPCL)," Karnataka Power Corporation website, accessed August 2014
  3. "Supply of coal to Power Plants," India Ministry of Power, July 23, 2015
  4. "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country," Government of India Ministry of Power, March 2016
  5. "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country," Government of India Ministry of Power, July 2016
  6. Monthly Broad Status Report, India Ministry of Power, October 2016
  7. "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country," Government of India Ministry of Power, March 2017
  8. "KPCL defends power plants at Yedlapur, Yeramaras," Deccan Herald, February 25, 2012

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