Bhilai Steel power station

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Bhilai Steel power station is an operating power station of at least 560-megawatts (MW) in Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bhilai Steel power station Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India 21.184, 81.4237 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8, Unit 9: 21.184, 81.4237

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 2 operating coal: unknown 30 subcritical 1982
Unit 3 operating coal: unknown 30 subcritical 1983
Unit 4 operating coal: unknown 250 subcritical 2009
Unit 5 operating coal: unknown 250 subcritical 2009
Unit 6 cancelled coal: unknown 250 unknown
Unit 7 cancelled coal: unknown 250 unknown
Unit 8 cancelled coal: unknown 250 unknown
Unit 9 cancelled coal: unknown 250 unknown

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 2 NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd [100%] NTPC Ltd [50.0%]; Steel Authority of India Ltd [50.0%]
Unit 3 NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd [100%] NTPC Ltd [50.0%]; Steel Authority of India Ltd [50.0%]
Unit 4 NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd [100%] NTPC Ltd [50.0%]; Steel Authority of India Ltd [50.0%]
Unit 5 NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd [100%] NTPC Ltd [50.0%]; Steel Authority of India Ltd [50.0%]
Unit 6 NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd [100%] NTPC Ltd [50.0%]; Steel Authority of India Ltd [50.0%]
Unit 7 NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd [100%] NTPC Ltd [50.0%]; Steel Authority of India Ltd [50.0%]
Unit 8 NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd [100%] NTPC Ltd [50.0%]; Steel Authority of India Ltd [50.0%]
Unit 9 NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd [100%] NTPC Ltd [50.0%]; Steel Authority of India Ltd [50.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): power
  • Captive industry: Iron & Steel
  • Non-industry use: power


Background

Bhilai Steel power station is in Bhilai, India. It powers the Bhilai steel plant. The first power station, the Bhilai Captive Power Plant, is 74 MW (2x30 MW and 1x14 MW).[1] Two 250 MW coal fired units (Units 4-5) were commissioned in 2009.[2]

Capacity

Unit Number Capacity (MW) Year
1 14
2 30 1982
3 30 1983
4 250 2009
5 250 2009

Description of Expansion

The company received a Terms of Reference in 2011 for a 4 X 250 MW coal-fired expansion.[3] However, the project appears to have been abandoned since there is no mention of it on the company website, and after four years the company has not applied for an environmental clearance.

Ownership

The power station is owned and operated by NSPCL, a 50:50 joint venture company of NTPC Limited and Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to generate power for captive proposes of various steel plants owned by SAIL.[4]

Financing

The power plant received export credit provided to General Electric.[5]

Poor quality coal supply

In January 2014 a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team from Gandhinagar in Gujarat raided premises of Indore-based Bhatia International for supplying poor quality coal to NTPC-SAIL Power Corporation, including the Bhilai Power Plant. The poor quality coal supply resulted in a total loss of Rs 92.91 crore to the government.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. http://www.nspcl.co.in/plantProjectsBhailai.php
  2. "Bhilai 2X250 MW Expansion Power Project," NTPC-SAIL Power Company website, accessed Jan 2014.
  3. Terms of Reference, Ministry of Environment & Forests, (Apr 27, 2011)
  4. http://www.nspcl.co.in/theCompany.php
  5. "Coal-Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions Since 1994", Appendix to Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming, Environmental Defense, April 2009.
  6. "CBI raids Bhilai power plant officials, pvt firm," Times of India, Jan 5, 2014.

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