Cuddalore IL&FS Thermal Power Station

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Cuddalore IL&FS Thermal Power Station
Location of the Cuddalore IL&FS Thermal Power Station
CountryIndia
Location Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates 11°31′17.8″N79°45′06.6″E / 11.521611°N 79.751833°E / 11.521611; 79.751833 Coordinates: 11°31′17.8″N79°45′06.6″E / 11.521611°N 79.751833°E / 11.521611; 79.751833
StatusOperational
Commission date Unit 1: September 2015
Unit 2: March 2016
Operator(s)IL&FS Ltd
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units operational2 X 600 MW
Nameplate capacity 1200 MW
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Cuddalore IL&FS Power Station is a 1,200-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Tamil Nadu, India.

Background on plant

The project received environmental clearance in 2010 as a 3,600 MW thermal power project to be developed in phases, with Phase-I comprising 2 x 600 MW units and Phase-II comprising the remaining 2,400 MW (3X800 MW). [1]

On 13 April 2012, SEPCO3 of China said it had signed a $2.4 billion contract to build the second phase of the coal-fired power complex. IL&FS said it would import coal from Indonesia, Australia and South Africa to fuel the plant. It said it had acquired a mine in Indonesia to supply the generators. IL&FS plans to sell the power from the project to state-run distribution companies on a long-term basis as well as in the open market. [2]

The project faced delays due to an order by National Green Tribunal in June 2012 for a flue gas desulphurisation unit. Due to this, the two units are proposed to come up by December 2014 and February 2015, respectively, at a cost of Rs 9,500 crore. [1]

In February 2014 the project was amended to be 2X600 MW and 3X660 MW.

On 10 November 2014, the National Green Tribunal cancelled the Environmental Clearance for the project, on the grounds that the project had not conducted a proper cumulative impact assessment of the project. [3] It ordered "a fresh review of the environmental clearance on the basis of a fresh cumulative impact assessment study." [4]

Unit 1 was commissioned in September 2015 and unit 2 in March 2016. [5]

With no forward progress more than two years after receiving environmental clearance, Phase II appears to be shelved or abandoned.

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References

  1. 1 2 "IL&FS Cuddalore power project delayed," Projects Today, 20 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Charlie Zhu and Sanjeev Choudhary, "China power giant inks $2.4 bln India project," Reuters, 13 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Appeal no. 50/2012," NGT, 10 November 2014
  4. ↑ "NGT quashes eco nod for Cuddalore power plant". The Hindu. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country," Government of India Ministry of Power, March 2016


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