Hazira power station (Essar)

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Hazira power station (Essar) is an operating power station of at least 270-megawatts (MW) in Hazira, Chorasi, Surat, Gujarat, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Hazira power station (Essar) Hazira, Chorasi, Surat, Gujarat, India 21.119078, 72.640545 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 21.119078, 72.640545

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - unknown 135 subcritical 2015
Unit 2 operating coal - unknown 135 subcritical 2016

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Essar Power Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2 Essar Power Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): iron & steel
  • Captive industry: Power

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): imported

Financing

Source of financing: Hazira II: US$238.86 million in debt from Infrastructure Development Finance Company; US$79.61 million in equity from Essar Group[1]

Background

The Hazira (Essar) power station, which was commissioned in October 1997, burns naphtha, high-speed diesel, natural gasoline liquid and/or natural gas. Power from the plant is sold to the company's steel division, Essar Steel: 215MW is captive to the Essar Steel India Limited steel plant and 300MW is supplied to Gujarat.[2]

Hazira II expansion

Essar Energy proposed the Hazira power station expansion (or Hazira II), a 270 MW plant comprising two 135 MW units using "imported coal and corex gas fines from the adjacent Essar Steel corex plant." According to Essar, Hazira II was planned for commissioning in 2015.[3][4]

EPHL started commercial operations of Unit I (135MW) in July 2015. Unit 2 (135 MW) was commissioned in December 2016.[5][6]

Financing for Hazira II

In March 2010, a financing agreement for the expansion was closed. Infrastructure Development Finance Company agreed to provide US$238.86 million in loans, Essar Group agreed to provide US$79.61 million in equity.[1]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Preview of Hazira Multi Fuel Captive Power Plant (270MW) | Transaction | IJGlobal". ijglobal.com. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. Essar Energy, "Power", Essar Energy website, accessed February 2012.
  3. "New projects," Essar Energy website, accessed March 2015.
  4. "Sustainability Report 2014," Essar Energy, 2014
  5. "Essar Power Hazira registers strong operational and financial performance," Essar, February 04, 2016
  6. Harleigh Hobbs, "Essar Power Hazira commissions second 135 MW unit," World Coal, 1 December 2016

Additional data

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