The Coal Ministry has requested Coal India Ltd and NLC India Ltd to go for pithead-based thermal tasks with an intention to scale back transportation price and enhance availability of dry gas, a prime authorities official stated. The plan is that each one new thermal tasks of Coal India Ltd (CIL) and NLC India Ltd ought to come up close to the coal mines, Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena advised PTI.
This can cut back the dependence on transportation, which is generally by way of rail and street, and make the coal accessible for utilization in energy era, he stated, whereas replying to a query on new tasks of coal PSUs, the official stated.
The transfer will even cut back logistics price and price of energy era, he stated, itemizing the advantages of a pithead-based unit.
Coal India has signed an settlement with Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (RUVNL) for a three way partnership to arrange 4,100 megawatt of energy era capability in Rajasthan, Meena stated.
Of this 1,725 MW might be pithead-based capability, 200 MW pumped storage, 50 wind whereas the remaining might be photo voltaic, he stated.
One other coal PSU NLC and RUVNL have additionally signed preliminary agreements to arrange 1,125 MW energy tasks in Rajasthan, he stated.
Of this, 125 MW might be a lignite-based energy plant whereas the opposite might be a 1,000 MW solar energy plant.
CIL can also be exploring thermal tasks in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Meena stated. In UP, he stated CIL is in talks with the federal government to type a JV to take ahead the plans of organising thermal capacities within the state.
In Bihar, the state authorities has provided CIL about 1,000 acres and instructed that it arrange a 2,400 MW thermal plant, the secretary stated, including, “many of the tasks might be pithead-based.”
A workforce of CIL is conducting a feasibility report on the plan, Meena stated. CIL — primarily a coal-producing firm — and NLC, a producer of lignite, have diversified into thermal, photo voltaic, and wind era of energy.
