100 MW Power plant in MADC zone

The Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) will increase its captive power plant capacity from 100 MW to 120 MW (2X60). Sources informed that the Ministry of Environment and Forest has given its nod for environmental clearance to extend its present capacity. Abhijeet Infra Private Limited of Abhijeet Group is setting up this power plant.

The 100 MW captive power plant is coming up at Khairi Khurd village at Hingna Tehsil of Nagpur District. The Ministry had granted environmental clearance to set up 100 MW capacity power plant on September 2008. The MADC has requested to change its capacity up to 120 MW recently. The proposal was accepted by the Committee. MADC stated that they will not require additional land for the Project. The coal quantity will also remain the same. However, they will be using better quality of coal in terms of its calorific value. The water requirement will increase from 11.92 mld to 14.43 mld, which will be met from the existing allocation of 16 mld for the project. It may be recalled that MADC has proposed to set up a 200 MW (4 X 50 MW) coal based Power Plant within Multi-modal International Hub Airport at Nagpur and Special Economic Zone (MIHAN, SEZ) with a provision of 25 MW back up diesel generator sets as start-up power for the main unit and for emergency use. The Power Plant will cover an area of about 60 Hectares. However, the MADC had got permission to set-up 100 mw captive power plant at MIHAN-SEZ area. This power plant will provide an uninterrupted quality power supply to the units in the SEZ area at a competitive rate. The power plant project is being established on Build, Own and Transfer (BOT) basis on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) principle. The project involves setting up a power plant, transmission lines and also operating the distribution network for supply of power to the consumers in the MIHAN Area. The Project would be developed on a PPP basis by Abhijeet Group jointly with MADC.

~ by nagpurestate on May 19, 2009.