Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project

The Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project is a 1500 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Haryana. A second stage of 1320 MW is planned.

Location
The project is located adjacent to the Mahatma Gandhi Thermal Power Project. The Jhajjar power station is being developed approximately 1 km to the west.

Background
The project was developed by the Aravali Power Company, a joint venture company comprising the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited (IPGCL) and Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL). The project is located in Jhajjar, Haryana, India. The power station comprises three 500 MW units.

Unit-I (500 MW) was commissioned on November 1, 2010. Unit-II (500 MW) was synchronized on October 21, 2011. Unit-III (500 MW) was completed in November 2012.

Stage II
A second stage of 2 x 660 MW has been proposed.

Coal supply problems
A March 2012 article in the Indian Express described coal shortages at the Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project and the adjacent Mahatma Gandhi Thermal Power Project:
 * Jharli, a 35-km, partially bone-rattling ride from the heart of dusty Jhajjar town, looks like just another sleepy outpost in Haryana’s eastern periphery. With a significant difference — it is the site of two mega power projects, pitched right opposite each other on a narrow state road, that are in various stages of commissioning. Both are big, based on domestic coal, but facing an equally massive coal shortage. The 1,500 MW Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project is being executed by joint venture firm Aravali Power, floated by NTPC Ltd, Haryana and Delhi. It was to get coal linkage of 6.94 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) allocated from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, a Coal India Ltd subsidiary. “We are getting about half that amount,” said an NTPC official. “Of that, half of what comes in is just sand, stones and boulders. The irony is that the consignment, much of it just waste, is transported over 1,500 km, for which the consumer will be billed.” Bang opposite, the 1,320 MW Mahatma Gandhi Thermal Power Project, which was bagged through competitive bidding by CLP Power India in July 2008, was promised coal linkage of 5.21 mtpa from CCL, another Coal India arm. Power from this project was to be made available from January 2012. Till a couple of weeks back, the developers were still in the process of aggregating coal for testing, to maintain at least seven days’ continuous operations.

Project Details
Sponsor: NTPC, HPGCL, Delhi Government Location: Jharli village, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India Coordinates: 28.4850914, 76.3731605 (exact) Status: Nameplate capacity: Type: Coal Type: Coal Source: Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. Estimated annual CO2: 8,870,551 Source of financing: MoEF permits: Terms of Reference: Units 4 and 5, (Dec 22, 2010)
 * Unit 1: operating 2010
 * Unit 2: operating 2011
 * Unit 3: operating 2013
 * Unit 4: early development
 * Unit 5: early development
 * Unit 1: 500 MW
 * Unit 2: 500 MW
 * Unit 3: 500 MW
 * Unit 4: 660 MW
 * Unit 5: 660 MW

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