Coal-Fired Plants in India - Karnataka

Bellary Location: Karnataka Operator: Karnataka Power Corp Ltd Configuration: 1 X 500 MW Operation: 2008 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: BHEL T/G supplier: BHEL EPC: BHEL Quick facts: The first 500-MW unit of BTPS cost Rs 2,120 crore and was commissioned on 3 Nov 2008 at the site near Kudatini Village, 22km from Bellary. The unit zero date was 29 Dec 2003. Estimated cost of power is Rs 2.20/kWh and annual generation is expected by be about 3,500 GWh. The unit connects to the 400kV grid at Davangere Substation. The stack is 275m tall. Fuel is from a captive block of Western Coal Fields Ltd. Photograph courtesy of Karnataka Power Corp Ltd Posted 8 Nov 2008	Raichur Location: Karnataka Operator: Karnataka Power Corp Ltd Configuration: 7 X 210 MW Operation: 1985-2003 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: BHEL T/G supplier: Shanghai, BHEL, Siemens EPC: TCE Consulting Engineers, Mysore Construction, Gammon India Quick facts: Raichur was developed per a 1978 MOU with TCE Consulting Engineers who were consultants for the first two stages. The 300ha site is on the Krishna River in Raichur Dist about 500km from Bangalore. Unit-1 was completed in Mar 1985 and Unit-2 a year later. Construction of Unit-3 was started in 1986 and completed in Mar 1991 while Unit-4 was started in 1989 and completed in Sep 1994 These four units cost about Rs 13,860mn. In 1996, three more units were started and these cost Rs 15,450mn. Unit-7 was completed in a then-record 25mos at the end of 2002. An eighth 250-MW set is under construction and two 500-MW units are planned. About 7mn tpy of coal is delivered from Singareni Collieries, Western Coalfields Ltd. and Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd and station output is about 10 TWh/yr, up to 40% of the state’s electricity requirement. Unit-4 was financed by Japan’s ODA. Photograph courtesy of Gammon India Ltd Posted 15 Nov 2008	Ratnagiri Location: Karnataka Operator: JSW Energy Ltd Configuration: 4 X 300 MW Operation: 2010 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: Shanghai T/G supplier: Shanghai EPC: EDAC Engineering, SEW Constructions, Sunil HiTech Engineers Quick facts: In Aug 2007, JSW Energy closed on Ratnagiri Phase-I in Ratnagiri district. This Rs4,500cr project will burn about 4.1mn tpy of imported coal. Power evacuation will be via two 400kV lines to Koyna and two more to Karad. MOEF clearance was received in Nov 2007. Unit-1 went commercial on 1 Sep 2010. Photograph courtesy of JSW Energy Ltd Posted 3 Apr 2010
	Udupi Location: Karnataka Operator: Lanco Group Configuration: 2 X 600 MW Operation: 2010-2011 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: Dongfang T/G supplier: Dongfang EPC: Tata Consulting Engineers, Lanco Quick facts: In April 1999, Nagarjuna Power Corp received TEC for a pair of 500-MW coal-fired units at Nandikur, Udupi district, not far from Mangalore. In Oct 2003, EPC tenders were received and opened, but the project went nowhere for almost three more years. In May 2006, Lanco Group acquired a 74% stake in the project and, shortly thereafter, a BTG order was awarded to Dongfang for two 600-MW units in place of two 507-MW units originally ordered from BHEL. Financial close was in Oct 2006 with a consortium of 14 banks and financial institutions with PFC acting as the lead arranger. In Dec 2007, Lanco terminated BHEL’s EPC contract and took over the work itself, retaining TCE to assist. Unit-1 was synchronized on 3 Jun 2010 followed by Unit-2 in Mar 2011. Unit-2 was commissioned on 13 Jul. At that time, however, the association transmission system was not yet complete. Photograph by Hameed Padubidri (www.nammapadubidri.com) Posted 2 Apr 2011

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