Trombay Coal Terminal

Trombay Coal Terminal (also referred to as Trombay coal berth) is a dedicated coal unloading facility for Tata Power's 1580 megawatt Trombay Power Station. The terminal is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Background
Trombay Power Station was established in 1956 to provide power to the city of Mumbai. Unit 6 was operational in 1990 and runs on fuel oil. Tata Power has said the rising cost of fuel oil has led the company to propose conversion to imported coal.

Coal imports
As of late 2012 the terminal has a capacity of approximately 2.4 million tonnes of coal for the existing coal-fired units at the power station. Tata Power has proposed that the capacity of the be expanded to 4.4 million tonnes a year and an additional coal storage area be built as a part of converting the existing oil/gas-fired 500 MW Unit 6 to coal. (For more detail on the proposed upgrade see Trombay Power Station Proposed Conversion of Unit 6 to coal-fired).

Project Details
Sponsor: Tata Power Location: Trombay suburb, Mumbai city, Maharashtra state, India Coordinates: 19°0'8"N, 72°53'53"E Status: Tata Power have proposed expanding the capacity of the terminal to 4.4 million tonnes. This would allow the importing of an additional 2 million tonnes of coal a year to cater for the proposed expansion of the 500 megawatt unit 6 from fuel oil and gas to coal. The draft environmental impact assessment report submitted in October, 2012 Nameplate capacity: 2.4 million tonnes Projected in service: Operating Coal Source: Imported coal

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