Raigarh
Overview
VISA Power has inked an MOU with the Government of Chhattisgarh in 2007 for setting up of a 1,200 MW Coal based Independent Power Plant. The plant near Deveri and Dumarpali is roughly 16 kms west of Raigarh town and only 65 km from the allotted coal block.
Highlights
- 2 X 600 MW units to be commissioned in 2013
- Allotted 99.12 million MT of coal from Fatehpur East Coal Block
- Estimated project cost of approx INR 6200 crores
- Nearest Railway Station Bhupdeopur, about 5 kms from the site
- 35 MCM water allotted through River Mahanadi, 30 kms south of the site
- Power Evacuation through nearest pooling point – Kotra (Raigarh)
- Power shall be supplied to Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited, Tata Power Trading Corporation Limited and balance to distribution licensees and industrial consumers in Maharashtra, Gujarat and other power-deficit states in the Northern and Western parts of India
- Low cost of generation through captive coal block, and lower transmission charges to Western & Northern Regions
- Boiler and Turbine Generator set procured from BHEL
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