Aditya Captive Power Plant

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.

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 2017-09-18, retrieved 2018-08-08^