KVK Jharkhand project

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KVK Jharkhand project is a cancelled power station in Torpa, Khunti, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
KVK Jharkhand project	Torpa, Khunti, Jharkhand, India	22.935627, 85.09262 (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 - unknown	1000	unknown	–	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	KVK Nilachal Power Pvt Ltd (KNPL) [100.0%]

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Background

KVK Nilachal Power applied to the Ministry of coal for a project of 1000 MW in Torpa, Khunti district, Jharkhand state.

A subsidiary of KVK Energy, KVK Nilachal Power, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Jharkhand in January, 2007 for the development of the project. KVK states on its website that an application "for allocation of land and water has been made to Government of Jharkhand" and that a "Coal linkage application has been made to Ministry of Coal."

The KVK Jharkhand project is a proposed 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power station at an unspecified location in the state of Jharkhand, India. A subsidary of KVK Energy, KVK Nilachal Power Pvt. Ltd., signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Jharkhand in January, 2007 for the development of the project. KVK states on its website that an application "for allocation of land and water has been made to Government of Jharkhand" and that a "Coal linkage application has been made to Ministry of Coal."

KVK Nilachal Power applied to the Ministry of coal for a project of 1000 MW in Torpa, Khunti district, Jharkhand state. The map below shows the location of Torpa but not the exact location of the project.

In 2012 the Jharkhand government did not renew its memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with 22 companies for insufficient progress on their thermal power stations, including KVK Nilachal Power.

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