NALCO Gajmara power station

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NALCO Gajmara power station is a cancelled power station in Gajmara, Dhenkanal, Odisha, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
NALCO Gajmara power station	Gajmara, Dhenkanal, Odisha, India	20.65616, 85.604263 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology
Phase I	Cancelled	coal: unknown	1400	unknown
Phase II	Cancelled	coal: unknown	1000	unknown

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Phase I	Gajamara Power Project [100%]	National Aluminium Co Ltd; NTPC Ltd
Phase II	Gajamara Power Project [100%]	National Aluminium Co Ltd; NTPC Ltd

Background

In December 2016 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between NTPC and National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO) for the setting up of a Joint Venture (JV) Company to establish a 2,400 MW coal based power project at Gajmara, Dhenkanal, Odisha. The generated power will be taken by NALCO as a JV partner for the Brownfield expansion of its 5 lakh tonne aluminium smelter at Angul, and its 6 lakh tonne smelter at Kamakhya Nagar, Odisha. The estimated investment in all the projects will be approximately Rs. 36,000 crores.

According to NALCO chairman and managing director T K Chand, the project will have a first phase of 1400 MW, which is estimated to cost Rs 14,000 crore. The project wouldcater to NLACO's brownfield and greenfield expansion of aluminium. In addition, NALCO is developing a 150 MW wind farm in Odisha.

In October 2018, NTPC and Nalco managements said they had decided to cancel the proposed 2,400MW Gajamara plant. A senior NTPC official said trying to acquire 1,600 acres of land in Gajamara was met with opposition from local farmers, which resulted in NTPC management writing off ₹100-crore in costs.

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