MoEF Committee recommends 8 TPPs for environment clearance, prescribes ToR for 19 others

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), has recommended eight thermal power projects (TPP) for environment clearance during its meeting held over August 9-10, 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

  --NSL Nagapattinam Power and Infratech Limited's 2x660 MW TPP in the Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu.

 --D B Power's 2x660 MW TPP in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.

 --D B Power's 2x600 MW coal-based TPP in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh.

 --Gujarat State Electricity Corporation's 1x800 MW Expansion of the existing TPP at Wanakbori, in the Kheda district of Gujarat.

 --Tata Power Company' 1x600 MW coal-based TPP in Cuttak district of Orissa.

 --SKS Power Generation (Chhattisgarh) Limited's 4x300 MW TPP in the Raigarh distrct of Chhattisgrah.

 Projects prescribed ToR

 --NTPC's 6x660 MW super critical technology-based TPP at Barethi in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.

 --Pragdisa Power Private Limited's 4x660 MW TPP in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.

 --Vainateya Power Private Limited's 4x660 MW TPP in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu.

 --Welspun Energy Madhya Pradesh Limited's 3x660 MW TPP in the Katni district of Madhya Pradesh.

 --Tata Power Company's 3x660 MW super critical technology-based TPP in Saraikela Kharswan district of Jharkhand.

 --GMR Bundelkhand Energy's 3x660 MW super critical technology-based TPP in the Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh.

 --Dada Dhuniwale Khandwa Power's 2x800 MW super critical technology-based TPP in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.

 --Railways' 2x660 MW super critical technology-based Adra TPP in the Purulia district of West Bengal.

 --Prithvi Khanij Sampada Private Limited's 2x660 MW super critical technology-based TPP in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra.

 --CESC's 2x660 MW TPP in the Hooghly district of West Bengal.