Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant

Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram power station is a 600-megawatt (MW) power station in Haryana.

Location
The plant is located 5 km southeast of Yamuna Nagar city.

Background
The Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram power project was commissioned in the first half of 2008.It is proposed that the existing plant be doubled in capacity to 1260 MW. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of HPGCL. It was jointly constructed by Reliance Energy Limited and Shanghai Electric (China) in a collaboration.

History
The project was first conceived in 1981-82 but it remained in suspended animation for more than two decades. The previous governments tried to implement the project, first through the private sector, then through the National Thermal Power Corporation, and thereafter attempts were also made to get it executed through foreign investments. But the project remained only on paper because governments were not serious about setting up this project. Former Indian prime minister, PV Narasimha Rao even laid the foundation stone of this project through remote control from Faridabad in March 1993. At that time, the project was planned to be executed by NTPC, but that too could not go beyond construction of a few residential and non-residential buildings. In year 2004 then chief minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala again laid the stone of this thermal plant but again the project remained on papers only. But in year 2005 the new chief minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda gave nod to the project and the plant was finally developed in 2005-2008.

Project Details for 660 MW expansion
Sponsor: Reliance Energy Limited and Shanghai Electric (China) Location: 5 km southeast of Yamuna Nagar city (Yamunanagar), Yamna Nagar distrcit, Haryana Coordinates: 30.10541,77.32697 Status: Permitted Nameplate capacity: 660 MW Type: Supercritical Projected in service: Coal Type: Coal Source: Estimated annual CO2: Source of financing: MoEF permits: Environmental clearance (Aug 8, 2007)

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