The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has accorded environmental clearance to NTPC's 2x660 MW supercritical technology based Mauda Stage-II TPP in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra. This project is an expansion of the under-construction 2x500 MW Stage-I TPP.
- The land requirement for both the plant is about 1,800 acres, out of which about 828 acres of land is partly single and partly double crop agricultural land.
- Again, the water requirement for the poroposed plant will be 40 cusecs, which will be met from hosikurd Dam on Wainganga / Kanhnan river at a distance 24 kms from the site.
- Besides, a total of 7.85 MTPA of indigenous coal will be required to operate the proposed plant at 90% plant load factor, which will be supplied from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited.
- Total cost of the project is pegged at Rs 6,745.29 crore.
- Alongside, the ministry has cleared Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited`s (GSECL) 395 MW Expansion to the existing 106.617 MW and 112.45 MW gas-based generating units of Dhuvaran TPP in Anand district of Gujarat.
- The land requirement for the expansion unit will be 30 acres, which is available within the existing premise.
- The water requirement is pegged at 13.8 MLD, which will be obtained from Mahi Canal and Reservoir at Kanbha village via the existing pipeline.
- Further, GSECL plans to meet gas requirement of 1.8 MMSCMD for the plant from GAIL/Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited (GSPCL).
- The cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 1,433.85 crore.
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