Nasik MAHAGENCO Thermal Power Station

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Nasik MAHAGENCO Thermal Power Station is an operating power station of at least 630-megawatts (MW) in Eklahare, Nashik, Maharashtra, India with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Nasik power station, Eklahare power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nasik MAHAGENCO Thermal Power Station Eklahare, Nashik, Nashik, Maharashtra, India 19.9814589, 73.8920556 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5: 19.9814589, 73.8920556
  • Unit 6: 19.9817, 73.8896

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired[1] coal - bituminous 140 subcritical 1970 2011[1]
Unit 2 retired[1] coal - bituminous 140 subcritical 1972 2011[1]
Unit 3 operating coal - bituminous 210 subcritical 1979
Unit 4 operating coal - bituminous 210 subcritical 1980 2029 (planned)
Unit 5 operating coal - bituminous 210 subcritical 1981 2025 (planned)
Unit 6 cancelled coal - bituminous 660 supercritical

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (MAHAGENCO) [100.0%]
Unit 2 Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (MAHAGENCO) [100.0%]
Unit 3 Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (MAHAGENCO) [100.0%]
Unit 4 Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (MAHAGENCO) [100.0%]
Unit 5 Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (MAHAGENCO) [100.0%]
Unit 6 Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (MAHAGENCO) [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Permit(s): Terms of Reference: 2011-06-15; Terms of Reference extension: 2014-12-03

Financing

Source of financing: 20% Maharashtra state; remainder loans guaranteed by state[2]

Background

Nasik Thermal Power Station is an existing 630 megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, operated by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco).

Previously, it consisted of five units:[3]

  • Unit 1 - 140 MW - 1970
  • Unit 2 - 140 MW - 1972
  • Unit 3 - 210 MW - 1979
  • Unit 4 - 210 MW - 1980
  • Unit 5 - 210 MW - 1981

Retirement of Units 1 and 2

A Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report in 2015 stated that Units 1 and 2 (2x140 MW) had been shut down in June 2011 and would possibly be replaced by a 660 MW expansion.[4] A Mahagenco company report in 2020 confirmed that the two units had been shut down in preparation for renovation, but that the units had remained shut down because "further extension of [their] life by way of renovation & modernization was not justifiable."[5] More recent updates to the Mahagenco website in June 2023 maintained that its Nasik thermal power station had a capacity of 630 MW, consisting of three 210 MW units (Units 3-5).[6]

Planned retirement of Units 4 and 5

An Executive Summary published by Mahagenco in April 2023 stated that Unit 4 would retire in 2028-2029 and Unit 5 would retire in 2024-2025.[7] Unit 3 was not mentioned in the report.

660 MW Expansion

Mahagenco is planning to install a 660 MW supercritical unit at the same location as the existing plant. Water for the project was approved in January 2011. The project has been assured supply of coal from Mahanadi coal blocks by MahaGuj Collieries. The Terms of Reference for the project were received from the Ministry of Environment and Forests in September 2011, and the company said an Environmental Impact Assessment was in progress.[8]

The state of Maharashtra will contribute 20% of the Rs 4,390 crore cost of the project. The state will aso be the guarantor for raising the remaining funds from various lending institutions.[2]

The terms of reference was extended in 2014.[9] An EIA was submitted in February 2014.[10]

In August 2020 it was reported Maharashtra's Minister for Energy, Nitin Raut, had rejected lobbying by local members of parliament for the construction of the proposed 660 MW unit to replace old units at the plant.[11] Raut said the state government had decided to pursue renewable energy projects only. While the 660 MW expansion was presumed cancelled, it was possible that the company might later choose to revive the expansion.

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125142639/https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/report_subcritical_sep2015.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Maharashtra to float global tender for power project," Industry Monitor, November 14, 2011
  3. Nasik Coal Power Station India, Global Energy Observatory, accessed February 2012
  4. Report on Replacement of Old & Inefficient Sub critical Units by Super Critical Units/Retirement/Renovation, CEA, September 2015
  5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, MaHaGenCo, April 2020
  6. Installed Capacity, MaHaGenCo, Published: June 21, 2023. Accessed: November 29, 2023
  7. Executive Summary, MaHaGenCo, April 2023
  8. "Future Projects (13940 MW)," Mahagenco, November 19, 2011
  9. Terms of Reference Extension, India MoEF, December 3, 2014.
  10. EIA, Mahagenco, 2014
  11. Ashish, Roy (August 28, 2020). "No new thermal power units in state, says Raut". Times of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Additional data

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