West Godavari Super Thermal Power Station

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West Godavari Super Thermal Power Station is a cancelled power station in Kagitha, Nakkapalli, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
West Godavari Super Thermal Power Station	Kagitha, Nakkapalli, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India	17.409651, 82.714788 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology
Unit 1	Cancelled	coal: unknown	660	supercritical
Unit 2	Cancelled	coal: unknown	660	supercritical
Unit 3	Cancelled	coal: unknown	660	supercritical
Unit 4	Cancelled	coal: unknown	660	supercritical
Unit 5	Cancelled	coal: unknown	660	supercritical
Unit 6	Cancelled	coal: unknown	660	supercritical

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 1	Yeswanth Industrial Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd [100%]	Videocon Industries Ltd
Unit 2	Yeswanth Industrial Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd [100%]	Videocon Industries Ltd
Unit 3	Yeswanth Industrial Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd [100%]	Videocon Industries Ltd
Unit 4	Yeswanth Industrial Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd [100%]	Videocon Industries Ltd
Unit 5	Yeswanth Industrial Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd [100%]	Videocon Industries Ltd
Unit 6	Yeswanth Industrial Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd [100%]	Videocon Industries Ltd

Project-level coal details

• Coal source(s): Lignite coal from Indonesia

Background

The power station would consist of six units of 660 MW each. The land requirement is 3,248 acres. Coal will be imported from Indonesia.

In June 2013 the India Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on Thermal and Coal mining asked the Ministry for a one-year extension of the project's 2011 Terms of Reference (ToR). The company requested an extension of the ToR because of a stay order issued by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on the acquisition of the land by Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC). The farmers in the nearby village had taken legal action in regard to APIIC's allocation of the site.

In November 2014 the Expert Appraisal Committee asked sponsor Yeswanth Industrial Infrastructure Projects to submit an Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan. As of September 2016 there is no record on the India MoEF website that Yeswanth has submitted these documents.

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