MP Adani power station
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MP Adani power station is a permitted power station in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is also known as Chhindwara power station.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| MP Adani power station | Madhya Pradesh, India | 21.69, 79.24 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | permitted | coal - unknown | 660 | supercritical | – | – |
| Unit 2 | permitted | coal - unknown | 660 | supercritical | – | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Pench Thermal Energy (MP) Ltd [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Pench Thermal Energy (MP) Ltd [100.0%] |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): domestic
- Permit(s): October 16, 2012 – Environmental Clearance; Environmental Clearance Extension: 2019-10-18
Background
In September 2019, Adani applied for an "extension of validity" of the Pench Thermal Power Project Environmental Clearance. The Environmental Clearance was for establishing a 2x660 MW Imported Coal based Power Plant and was accorded to M/s Adani Pench Power Ltd. in October 2012. It was valid for seven years, or until October 2019. The Expert Appraisal Committee granted the extension for EC for three years subject to company name change and other conditions.[1][2]
The name change was transferred by October 2019.[3]
In March 2020, the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission invited bids for setting up a 1,320 MW coal-based power plant in Madhya Pradesh. The plant comes with a promised domestic coal linkage. The bid was won by Adani Group on May 26, 2020. A power supply agreement dated in March 2020 was executed between MP Power Management Company Limited and Adani's Pench Thermal Energy Limited. The location for the plant was not mentioned,[4] although the Financial Express reported the location will be Pench.[5]
When Adani Pench Power previously tried to set up the 1,320MW Pench Thermal Power Project in the Dhanora and Chausara villages of MP, the plant faced significant public opposition that prohibited its construction. Adani Watch expressed concern that Adani's 2020 bid for a 1,320MW coal plant was merely a revival of the controversial Pench project.[6]
In May 2022, an Adani Watch series covered various standoffs over Adani’s proposed Pench coal-power station.[7][8] The plant's EC appeared to be valid through 2022. In July 2023, Land Conflict Watch published a factsheet on the conflict between local farmers and the MP Adani power project, which stated that the conflict was ongoing, though specific developments of the conflict were not available.[9]
As of April 2024, no further updates on the project had been found and the 1,320 MW project was not found on Adani's website under Upcoming Power Plants.[10] Although there had not been apparent progress on the power station's development since 2020, the project was not presumed shelved given previous reports of illegal land acquisition and ongoing petitions filed by Pench Thermal Energy (MP) with the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission in November 2023, January 2024, and April 2024.[11][12][13]
Opposition
Illegal Land Acquisition for Power Plant
In May 2022, Adani Watch published an article featuring locals' reports that some of the land intended for the power project was illegally acquired by Adani.[8] Locals claimed that Adani's project had illegally "captured a public road built by the government and blocked it with a boundary wall". One individual reported that his own private land had been illegally captured, saying:
"When they took over the land, I was given no compensation. The company claimed that it was government land that it had acquired. However, I filed a court case and got my land surveyed, and it turned out that it indeed was a part of the plot that is in my name. However, even as my case against the company was pending, the company went ahead with the construction." [8]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "Minutes of the 33rd Meeting of the Re-Constituted Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Thermal Power Projects Held on 25th September, 2019," India MoEF, September 2019
- ↑ Pench Thermal Energy (MP) Limited, Compliance status of Environmental Clearance - 1320 (2×660) MW Pench Thermal Power Plant," Adani, Period: April’2019 – September’2019
- ↑ "Reg. for Transfer of Environmental Clearance," MOEF, October 18, 2019
- ↑ "MPERC Order in Petition No. 28 of 2020," Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, accessed July 2, 2020
- ↑ "New PPA after 5 years: Madhya Pradesh approves pact with Adani Power". The Financial Express. 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ↑ "Adani revives controversial coal power project in central India where protesters were bashed in 2015". Adani Watch. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The Pench conflict: Desperate farmers occupy Adani’s Pench coal-power site," Adani Watch, May 23, 2022
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "The Pench Conflict: Did Adani illegally capture land for its coal-power project?," Adani Watch, May 26, 2022
- ↑ Farmers Demand Return of Land Acquired for Adani Power Plant in MP, Land Conflict Watch, July 13, 2023
- ↑ "Our Upcoming Power Plants," Adani, Accessed: April 11, 2024
- ↑ Cause List - 29-Nov-2023, Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, November 29, 2023
- ↑ Cause List - 04-Jan-2024, Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, January 4, 2024
- ↑ Cause List Of Month - Apr-2024, Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, Accessed: April 11, 2024
Additional data
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