MoEF Committee recommends 6 TPPs for environment clearance, prescribes ToR for 19 others

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), has recommended six thermal power projects (TPP) for environment clearance during its meeting held over July 7-9, 2010. Alongside, the EAC has prescribed terms of reference (ToR) for 19 other projects. Some of the more important projects have been listed below:

  Projects recommended for environment clearance

 --NTPC's 2x660 MW super-critical technology based Solapur thermal power plant (TPP) in the Solapur district of Maharashtra.

 --West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited's 2x500 MW Expansion of the existing 2x300 MW Sagardighi thermal power station (TPS) in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

 --Meja Urja Nigam 2x660 MW super-critical technology based Meja TPP in Allahbad district of Uttar Pradesh.

 --Torrent Energy Limited's 1x382.5 MW Expansion power plant in the Surat district of Gujarat.

  Projects prescribed ToR

 --Universal Crescent Power Private Limited's 6x660 MW super-critical technology based TPP in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat.

 --Tiana Power Projects Limited's 3x800 MW super-critical technology based TPP in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.

 --Tamil Nadu Electricity Board's 2x800 MW super-critical technology based TPP in the Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu.

 --Tiana Power Projects Limited's 2x800 MW super-critical technology based TPP in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.

 --Adani Pench Power Limited's 2x660 MW super-critical technology based TPP in the Chindwara district of Madhya Pradesh.

 --Patel Energy Limited's 2x660 MW super-critical technology based TPP in the Amreli district of Gujarat.

 --Udupi Power Corporation's 2x660 MW super-critical technology based Expansion of the 1,200 MW TPP in the Udupi district of Karnataka.

 --Lanco Amarkantak Power's 2x660 MW super-critical technology based Expansion of the 1,920 MW TPP at Pathadi in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh.

 --BGR Energy Systems Limited's 2x660 MW super-critical technology based TPP in the Nayagarh district of Orissa.

 --DMICDC Indapur Power Company's two gas-based TPPs, worth 1,300 MW capacity, each in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

 --NTPC's 1x500 Stage-IV Expansion of the 1,050 MW Feroz Gandhi Unchahar TPP in the Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh.