18 Independent Power Producers yet to move beyond land acquisition stage in Odisha...

 

As many as 18 out of 29 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) with whom the state government has singed MoU (memorandum of understanding) are yet to move beyond the land acquisition stage.

Together these IPPs envisage generation capacity of 33520 Mw of the total of 37540 Mw projected by the 29 MoU-signed IPPs.

The power projects yet to get over the land acquisition issues include those proposed by Nava Bharat Power Pvt Ltd (which is taken over by Essar power) with capacity of 1050 Mw, Bhushan Energy Ltd (2000 Mw) in Dhenkanal, CESC Ltd (1000 Mw), Astaranga Power Co Ltd (2640 Mw), Ind Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd, Sahara India Power Corp Ltd (1320 Mw), JR Powergen Pvt Ltd (1980 Mw), NSL Odisha Power & Infra-tech Pvt Ltd (1320 Mw) etc.

Only two MoU-signed players- Sterlite Energy and GMR Kamalanga have started operations.

Sterlite Energy has commissioned its 2400 Mw coal-fired power plant at Burkhamunda near Jharsuguda.

GMR Energy which proposed 1400 Mw (4x350 Mw) power plant at Kamalanga in Dhenkanal district has operationalized its two unit of 350 Mw each.

Jindal India Thermal Power Ltd (JITPL) which proposed 1800 MW coal-based power plant at Deranga near Angul, hopes to commission its first 600 Mw unit by December 2013.

The other IPPs that are expected to go on stream by December end are Ind-Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd (350 Mw of its 1360 Mw), Maa Durga Thermal Power Company Ltd (60 Mw).

Similarly, Monnet Power Company Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd, hopes to commission its 1050 Mw power plant in Odisha by March 2014. Lanco Badabandh Power Ltd targets to put on stream its power plant by 2014 end.

Two power companies-Chambal Infrastructure and Ventures Ltd (1200 Mw) and JSL energy Ltd (1320 Mw) have applied for change in the project locations.

The state government has signed MoUs with all these power companies between 2006 and 2011.

Of the total power produced by the IPPs, Odisha's share will be around 6200 Mw.

In the aluminium sector, Aditya Aluminum, which has proposed to set up 1.5 million tonne per annum alumina refinery, 0.36 mtpa aluminium plant and 900 Mw captive power plant with an investment of Rs 13804 crore is under construction. Similarly the RSB Metaltech Ltd, which signed a pact with the state government to set up 0.7 (mtpa) refineries, 0.175 mtpa aluminium plant and 450 Mw CPP with an investment of around Rs 6800 crore, is going through the land acquisition process.

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Bhushan Steel's 256 MW thermal plant in Orissa was set without pollution control board permission...

 

The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has said the Bhushan Steel Limited (BSL) set up a 256 MW power plant on its premises without its permission. During an inspection on Monday, an OSPCB team found BSL was running the plant "clandestinely".

The pollution watchdog said the board had on May 6 rejected BSL's application to establish the power plant near blast furnace-II, where the explosion took place. "We found BSL was producing power by running one of the three boilers of the power plant. The power plant was set up to support blast furnace-II. It had installed two more boilers, but was not running them," a senior scientist of OSPCB said.

"We will not only serve closure notice to the power plant, but will also seal its cold rolling mill. The blast furnace-II was meant for expansion of integrated steel plant from 3.1 mtpa to 5.6 mtpa. This will also have to be stopped," another official said.

In September, the board had served closure notice to the 300 MW Bhushan Energy Limited (BEL) for violating air and water pollution control norms. "BEL and BSL have been served closure notices on six occasions in the last two years," another official of the board said.

A workman was burnt to death in an explosion during commissioning of a slag granulation plant (SGP) in blast furnace-II of the factory around 9.30 am on Wednesday. Earlier, the board had revealed that although BSL had obtained permission for installing blast furnace-II, it never got consent for starting operation, which is mandatory.

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