Thoothukudi IBPGL power station

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Thoothukudi IBPGL power station is a mothballed power station in Pudurpandiapuram, Ottapidaram, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Thoothukudi IBPGL power station	Pudurpandiapuram, Ottapidaram, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India	8.864947, 78.106989 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 8.864947, 78.106989

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	mothballed	coal - unknown	63	subcritical	2010	–
Unit 2	mothballed	coal - unknown	63	subcritical	2010	–
Unit 3	mothballed	coal - unknown	63	subcritical	2010	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Ind-Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2	Ind-Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 3	Ind-Barath Energy (Utkal) Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Coal source(s): Indonesia

Financing

Source of financing:

Background

The power station is not to be confused with the Thoothukudi IBTPL power station (Ind-Barath Thermal Power Limited).

The power station (2 x 63 MW) was commissioned in February 2010. The project is sponsored by Ind-Barath Power Gencom Limited (IBPGL), a subsidiary of Ind-Barath Infra Group. A third unit of 63 MW was added in July 2010.

Liquidation

According to a January 2022 liquidation proceeding document, "[d]ue to challenges in fuel supply (low power off-take), surmounting receivables from TANGEDCO (due to financial stress faced by it) and subsequent cancellation of PPA, IBPGL stopped operations of the plant in June 2017." IBPGL was a subsidiary of Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited (IBPIL), the flagship company of the Ind-Barath Group. IBPIL owned 70.69% shares in the company while 29.26% shares were held by Group Captive Consumers and 0.05% shares by by promoter group.

Related documents were available on the company's liquidation website.

In June 2022, Adani and Jindal Power (JPL) were reportedly in the race to acquire Ind-Barath Thermal Power in a bankruptcy auction. Interest in distressed power companies recently increased due to a shortage of power supply and the government nudge to state-owned banks to finance them.

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