Gujarat Power Project

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Gujarat Power Project is a cancelled power station in Valia, Surat, Gujarat, India. It is also known as Valia-Mangol plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gujarat Power Project Valia, Surat, Gujarat, India 21.573757, 73.168617 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 cancelled coal - lignite 500 unknown

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 NLC India Ltd [100.0%]

Financing

Source of financing:

Background

In May 2011, integrated mining/power producer NLC said it was planning to go solo with the power project, scrapping its earlier agreement with Gujarat Power Corporation. NLC and Gujarat Power Corporation signed a deal in 2006 for NLC to hold a 74 percent stake in the project and the Gujarat Power Corporation the rest. An agreement for mining 12 million tonnes of lignite per annum was also signed, and a 1,500-MW power project was proposed to be set up in two phases.[1]

The project stalled as the Gujarat government wanted the power generated for itself, which the India central government refused - with few exceptions, any joint venture with a state-run power company requires 57 percent of the electricity generated to be supplied to the national grid.[1]

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