Aditya Captive Power Plant

Aditya Captive Power Plant
Official name	Aditya Power
Country	India
Location	India Odisha
Coordinates	21°43′25″N84°00′55″E / 21.7235°N 84.0153°E / 21.7235; 84.0153
Status	Running
Construction began	2010
Commission date	2013
Construction cost	₹4,015 Crores (USD $585 million)
Owner	Hindalco Industries
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	900 MW
External links
Website	www.hindalco.com

Aditya Captive Power Plant is a captive 900 megawatt power project located at Lapanga, Sambalpur District, Odisha, which is part of Hindalco's Smelter_power project in Odisha. It has captive coal from Talabira-2 coal block a JV between Mahanadi Coalfields and Neyveli Lignite Corporation. ^[1]

Project

Hindalco Industries awarded contract to BHEL for main package in June 2009. ^[2] It is 6x150MW project with first of its kind Turbo generators designed by BHEL specifically for this project. ^[3]

Clearances

The project has been accorded environmental clearance by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). ^[4]

Capacity

The planned capacity of the thermal power plant is 1350 MW. Phase I of 6x150MW units and Phase II of 5x150 MW units.

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status
Phase I	Unit 1	150MW	2013	Running
Phase I	Unit 2	150MW	2013	Running
Phase I	Unit 3	150MW	2013	Running
Phase I	Unit 4	150MW	2013	Running
Phase I	Unit 5	150MW	2013	Running
Phase I	Unit 6	150MW	2013	Running
Phase II	Unit 5x150	150MW	-	Proposed

References

1. "Hindalco - Greenfield & Brownfield Projects". adityabirla.com. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
2. "www.bhel.com/press_release/press_pop.php?press_id=344". bhel.com. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
3. "A Captive Power Plant's Quest for Reliability". powermag.com. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
4. "EMP Report – Aditya Aluminium-R1" (PDF). 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2018-08-08.

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