State-owned Haryana Power Generation (HPGCL) plans to construct a 660MW 'super critical' thermal power plant at Yamuna Nagar, reported Business Standards, quoting PTI.
The plan is a part of the company’s effort for the next four years to reach the total power generation capacity to approximately 6,000MW, which would involve a capital outlay of INR27 billion.
Sanjeev Kaushal, managing director of HPGCL informed Press Trust of India, said: “After carrying out detailed designing exercise at (Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Project) Yamuna Nagar, we found that we can set up another 660MW of power project here and a decision in this regard has also been taken.”
Kaushal further stated that Expression of Interest for building this super critical plant would soon be invited from global companies, and the project is scheduled to be operational by 2012-13. Presently, Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power plant located at Yamuna Nagar is a 600MW power project.
The company also plans to construct a 432MW gas-fired power plant at Fardidabad, which is due for commencement in 2012-13, which is anticipated to phase out the old Faridabad thermal power project.
Presently, the company is in the process of constructing two thermal power projects, which are Mahatma Gandhi Thermal Power Project (MGTPP) of 2x660MW at Jhajjar, and Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project (RGTPP) with a capacity of 2x600MW at Khedar, Hissar.
An official of the company, said: “The first unit of RGTPP is scheduled to commence by December 2009 and the second unit by March 2010. While, the first unit of MGTPP is set to become operational by December 2011 and second unit by May 2012.”
Another thermal power project, apart from the above, Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power project, a joint venture between NTPC, Delhi and Haryana, with a power generation capacity of 1,500MW, is also coming up, which is due to be operational by 2010.
The company’s, after adding the proposed capacities in the scheduled four years, total installed power generation capacity is expected to increase from the present 2,140MW to 6,140MW.