Copyright Down To Earth 2022. Maharashtra has had one of the highest fly ash generation rates in the last decade. Reports of major crop damage, groundwater and Kolar river pollution, Damaged hundreds of acres of crops, caused groundwater pollution and reduced air quality in the area, Damaged hundreds of acres of crops, groundwater pollution came to the fore and air quality was reduced. The power plant plant comprises of three blocks (640MW, 663.54MW, and 663.54MW). On February 15, 2022, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board issued directions to Khaperkheda coal power plant taking cognizance of the state governments decision to control pollution from coal thermal power plants and the complaints received by the board regarding disposal of ash slurry into Nandgaon ash pond without permission. The plant became capable of operating at 100% of its installed capacity in 2010, following the repair works. GE and Bechtel were the EPC contractors. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), according to thethe MOEFCCs April 2021 notification, disaggregated coal-based thermal power plants into three categories A, B and C based on deadlines by which they need to meet the emission norms. Our aim is to bring you news, perspectives and knowledge to prepare you to change the world. In Nagpur district, there are 29 Cities, 1874 Villages. The combined-cycle Dabhol power plant with its township spreads across an area of 2.02ha. Three units having capacity 660 M.W each have been proposed. The Dabhol power project was dogged by controversies since its inception. Commissioning schedule. In March 1993, Dabhol Power Company (DPC), a 100% foreign-owned private company, was incorporated in India as the operating entity of the project. It was originally developed by a joint venture led by Enron, a US-based company that went bankrupt after an accounting scandal in 2001. Comments are moderated and will be published only after the site moderators approval. Each block is designed with a multi-shaft combined-cycle module and consists of two gas turbines and one steam turbine provided by GE. An Ashen Legacy: Indias thermal power ash management. We are a voice to you; you have been a support to us. As of 2001, the price of power from the Dabhol power plant was four times higher than that offered by domestic power producers. Availability of infrastructure facilities like Power, Bank, and Industrial accommodation in the form of plots and sheds, transport, communication and training institutions are important for the eventual development of industries. The involved parties settled their disputes over payments in the meantime. These plants can be considered for retirement or put to some alternate use by the Maharashtra government. Around 40 per cent of this capacity has still not taken any solid measures towards this goal, the report Norms in Name Alone: Will the Coal-fired Utilities Meet the Deadlines for Emission Norms? RGPPLs key shareholders comprise state-owned National Thermal Power (NTPC, 25.51%), Gas Authority of India (GAIL, 25.51%), Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB, 13.51%), and financial institutions, including IDBI Bank, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, and Canara Bank (35.47%). It produced just 11,000 million units of electricity in 2011-2012. A loan of $635m was subsequently obtained from Bank of America, ABN Amro, US Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and a group of Indian banks. Infrastructure determines the pace of economic development of a region. The state has also seen rising fly ash accidents from mismanagement of fly ash from coal thermal power plants. India approved Enrons proposal to expand the project (phase two) and build the Dabhol liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with a regasification facility in 1997. The troubles for the power plant continued until 2015 as its power generation kept sinking because of the fall in natural gas supply. With the fall in output of KG-D6 by more than 55% from 2010 to 2011, Dabhol was receiving less than 3mscmd. The regulatory authorities need to device a phase-wise compliance check and ensure availability of the compliance status in public domain. Dabhol requires approximately 8.5mscmd for its full-scale operation. Mantri Power Ltd , Bela , Nagpur, Capacity 540MW, Mounds of fly ash unburnt residue of coal burning in coal thermal power plants are lying unutilised in Maharashtra, according CSEs report An Ashen Legacy: Indias thermal power ash management. The plant was shut down in July 2006 because of the lack of naphtha supply. Under the new leadership of RGPPL, the Dabhol plant was far from troubles. Dabhol power plant is a 1,967MW combined cycle power station located 160km south of Mumbai in the Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra, India. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of MAHAGENCO. Ideal Energy projects, Bela, Nagpur Capacity 270MW The power industry's most comprehensive news and information delivered every month. Norms in Name Alone: Will the Coal-fired Utilities Meet the Deadlines for Emission Norms? MSEB bought part of Enrons stake in DPC in 1998, by which Enrons share in the company reduced to 65%. 
The plant resumed operations in 2015, following a two-year hiatus. The plant is currently owned and operated by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited (RGPPL), a joint venture company created in 2005. Unit 4 (660 MW) : November 2016. Tick the boxes of the newsletters you would like to receive. Vidarbha Industries Power, Butibori, Nagpur, Capacity 300MW It uses seawater for cooling. The plant uses water from the Vashisthi River through a 50km inlet line from Chiplun. Located near village Kumbhari in Mouda Tehsil the first Greenfield project of NTPCin State of Maharashtra. One unit having capacity of 500 M.W has been proposed . The plant remained non-operational for five years. Besides material and manpower resources, industrial development of any region depends heavily on the available infrastructural facilities. Credit: ABB Photo / Shutterstock. It was also agreed that MSEB would bear any increase in fuel price. This will mean a lot for our ability to bring you news, perspectives and analysis from the ground so that we can make change together. Together we build journalism that is independent, credible and fearless. 
Selected comments may also be used in the Letters section of the Down To Earth print edition. The 740MW phase one of the project commenced operations in 1999. Aditya Thackeray, the cabinet minister for environment for the Government of Maharashtra, told the media February 14, 2022 the state would conduct a comprehensive study to determine how ageing and polluting coal-fired power facilities in the state can be phased down in a systematic manner. Thermal power plants with a total capacity of 5,120 MW were supposed to meet the deadline by 2022 (Category A), 4,840 MW by 2023 (Category B) and 15,006 MW by 2024 (Category C). The unpaid bill amounted to $22m as of December 2000. As much as 2,520 MW capacity at Koradi, Khaperkheda, Nasik, Chandrapur and Bhusawal thermal power plants has completed its design life and is unlikely to meet the norms in due time. The MSEDCL currently buys 95% of the power produced by the plant. At the end of the year 31 March 2006, all villages and towns have been got electrified (100%). Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name. The plant was closed for five years before RGPPL took over the power station in 2006. The Maharashtra Government subsequently stopped paying for Dabhol. The plant has not been able to operate at full capacity due to the shortage of gas supply allocated to the plant from the KG-D6 gas field operated by Reliance. It was touted as the worlds largest power project and marked the biggest ever foreign investment in India at that time. However, the status of compliance in these plants is not being monitored by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the agency entrusted with the task to track emission norms implementation progress. Mounds of fly ash unburnt residue of coal burning in coal thermal power plants are lying unutilised in Maharashtra, according CSEs report. Credit: T Kongkanjana / Shutterstock. A committee instituted in 1995 under the new political leadership of Maharashtra recommended scrapping the Dabhol project. Dabhol power plant is a 1,967MW combined-cycle power station located in Maharashtra, India. (KTPS) is located in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Dabhol uses regasified liquefied natural gas (R-LNG) as its primary fuel, which is transported through the Dahej-Panvel-Dabhol pipeline. The two units are infamous for fly ash pollution. A weekly roundup of the latest news and analysis, sent every Wednesday. 
It was later shifted to LNG fuel in April 2007 with Qatar-based RasGas as the LNG supplier to the plant. The project was also vehemently criticised with the charge of human rights violations and suppression of local protests by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. Thank you for subscribing to Power Technology. The state insisted on the renegotiation of the contracts at a lower price, which was refused by Enron. You can further help us by making a donation. Abhijit MADC Nagpur Energy Pvt.Ltd, Khari Khurd, Nagpur, Capacity 271MW, Copyright District Nagpur , Developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre,Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Unit 2 (500 MW) is scheduled for commissioning in March 2013. It triggered a negative reaction as there were allegations of favouritism, corruption, a lack of transparency, and overlooking of environmental concern levelled against the award of the project. It shall have two units of 500 MW in stage- I and two units of 660 MW will be taken up in stage -II with total installed capacity of 2320MW on completion. The power station began operations in 1974 and is one of the nine active power stations operated by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco), a subsidiary of Government of Maharashtra The plant operates 7 units and has a total power generation capacity of 1080 MW. The plant operates 4units and has a total power generation capacity of 840 MW. Once again, Enron started the arbitration proceedings in April 2001 and stopped phase one operations, as well as the phase two construction. During the year 2011-2012, 3847 million unit electricity has been consumed in the whole district as indicated in Table-E. The green court on January 19, 2022 ruled that since the project was the largest in Maharashtra and had an annual income of Rs 20,000 crore, there was no financial difficulty that was stopping it from following emissions and fly ash disposal guidelines.