Welspun Energy

Welspun Energy is a power generation subsidiary of the Indian textiles, oil and gas and pipe manufacturing company, the Welspun Group.

Coal-fired expansion plans
A July 2011 Ministry of Coal summary of proposed coal projects by independent power producers identifies several Welspun proposals as pending applications for coal allocations.

These are the:


 * Welspun Mega Industrial & Energy Park, a 5,820 megawatt project at Gurh village, Rewain district in Madhya Pradesh;
 * Welspun Amla power station, a 1320 megawatt project at Amla village in Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.
 * Welspun Urja Power Plant a 1320 megawatt project at Naila, Janjgir in Chhattisgarh.(see note below)
 * Welspun Energy Parbahal Themal Power Plant, a 1980 megawatt plant at Parbahal village in Bokaro district, Jharkhand;
 * Welspun Energy Anuppur Thermal Power Plant, a 1980 megawatt power plant at Chhattai village Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh;
 * Welspun Ghazipur project, a 1320MW supercritical project at Katya and Sabash villages in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh;
 * Welspun Maxsteel power station, a 330 megawatt plant proposed at Salav village, in Raigad district, Maharashtra.

(Note: The Ministry of Coal lists the Welspun Urja Power Plant as a separate 1320MW project at Naila in Chhattisgarh on one page and then in a separate listing on the same page lists "Welspun Energy Chhattisgarh Limited" as the proponent of a 1960MW project also at Naila in Chhattisgarh. A few pages later the document separately lists a 1960MW proposal from Welspun Energy Madhya Pradesh Limited "(earlier known as Welspun Urja Power Plant)" for "Amla/Betul/Madhya Pradesh". Assuming the Ministry document is compiled chronologically, the confusing listing may best be interpreted, at least pending further research, as the Welspun Urja Power Plant initially being proposed as a 1320MW project, then upgraded to 1960MW at the same location and then dropped and proposed instead at Amla in Madhya Pradesh.)

Other projects which have been attributed to Wespun are:
 * Katni power station, a 1,980MW project in Madhya Pradesh;
 * Welspun Energy Mirzapur power station, Dadri - Kuhurd villages, Sadar Tehsil, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh;
 * Welspun Andhra Pradesh project, a 1320 supercritical plant at an unspecified location on the coast of Andhra Pradesh.

Buying into Leighton'
In a January 2011 media release Welspun stated that it "has also acquired a stake in Leighton India, part of the Australian conglomerate Leighton Holdings". On its website Leighton states that "Leighton Contractors (India) Pvt. Ltd. entered into a strategic partnership with Welspun Infra Projects Pvt Ltd (WIPPL) a part of the US $3 billion Welspun Group, leading to the formation of Leighton Welspun Pvt Ltd."

Contact details
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