The committee also noted that the area already has power plants with a total generating capacity of 8,000 MW (the Tata group’s 4,000 MW thermal power plant as well as Adani Power’s own 4,000 MW thermal power plant). The project that has been put on hold is the 1,600 MW (2 x 800 MW) Paraspani thermal power project of Adani Power (Jharkhand) Ltd in Jharkhand. In August, Adani Power signed an agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to develop the thermal power plant and supply the entire power generated to BPDB through a dedicated transmission line. The committee also discussed the guidelines for conducting an environmental impact study of the Adani Power’s plan to expand its Mundra project. The project was discussed in the meeting of the environment ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Thermal Power and Coal Mining Projects last month.

Source: Mint June 13, 2016 20:08 UTC