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Jindal Power project set to go commercial

NEW DELHI: Country’s first mega-power project in the private sector is all set to go fully commercial by August 15, a move that could provide relief to the power starved southern States that are faced with major power cuts and load shedding due to a failed monsoon and deficit power.

According to the Minister of State for Power, Jairam ramesh, the 1,000 MW O. P. Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant at Tamnar near Raigarh in Chhattisgarh, being put up by Jindal Power Ltd. (JPL), would produce 1,000 MW of power that would be transferred to the national grid from August 15 and part of it could be taken by the southern States which are faced with power crisis due to failed monsoons.

The Chhattisgarh Government had already promised to give spare power to Karnataka that was faced with one of its worst power crisis.

The Rs. 4,300-crore power complex, which has four units of 250 MW each supplied by BHEL, is already feeding over 800 MW into the grid. Jindal Power has embarked on a massive expansion programme involving addition of 2,500 MW at Tamnar itself and an additional 2,500 MW in Dumka in Jharkhand.

Mr. Jairam exhorted the Managing Director of Jindal Power, Naveen Jindal, M.P., to give the highest priority to procurement from BHEL or from other Indian private company with indigenous manufacturing facilities in its expansion programme.

Jindal Power has captive coal mines that are located at a distance of 8 km from the super thermal power plant and a conveyor tube has been set up for transporting coal between coal mines and the plant.

The water requirement of the project is met by a dam constructed across the river Kurket which is around 25 km.

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