People for Social Cause Blog: Vidarbha: Dirty technology in the guise of development?

People for Social Cause Blog: Vidarbha: Dirty technology in the guise of development?

The government of Maharashtra plans to allow 43 new private and public thermal power plants in Vidarbha, a region that’s suffered years of neglect and is home to thousands of distressed, suicidal farmers. Is the government justified in sacrificing Vidarbha to the power needs of the rest of the state/country?.....................................

Tiana Group, Mr. Mohammedi, Business Wire India, Press Releases

Tiana Group, Mr. Mohammedi, Business Wire India, Press Releases: ","

................Mr. Mohammedi A Fatehi said Tiana Power Projects Pvt. Ltd. would also be setting up a Thermal Power Plant at Anjarle in Ratnagiri district with an estimated investment of Rs. 6,000 Crores generating 1,500 MW of power. The thermal plant would be spread over 2,500 acres and would be completed within three years, depending on the timely clearances from the government. He said the thermal plant would be utilizing coal as its raw material and might be brought in from Indonesia as its ash percentage is about 13 percent as compared to the 37 to 39 percent from Indian coal.

The third power plant preferably with gas as its raw material would be set up at Dabhol. Investment would be approximately Rs. 9,000 Crores for 2,000 MW. With the three plants in operation, a total of 4,000 MW approximately would be the power generation which would be handed over to the MSEB..........................

Coal mining

A third of coal belts will be off mining limits

Thermal projects may hit roadblock

Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, April 2, DH News Service :

The country's ambitious thermal power generation targets over the next few years to meet the acute shortages as well as the rapidly growing demand may hit an environmental roadblock.

The reason: the coal deposits may be there in abundance but it may not be possible to mine the fuel. Almost one-third of the country's top grade coal reserve would not be available for mining as these areas are now considered to be ecologically too fragile to allow mining. New coal mines can come up in the remaining areas but even here automatic approval may not be possible any longer.  Before getting the required nod for mining, the mine-owners have to come up a good remediation plan for the surroundings which would be damaged by the mining activities. Further, if the mining involves displacement of forest-dwellers, rules under the forest rights act would have to be satisfied before getting the environment and forest clearances. The environment clearance will come from the Centre whereas the forest clearance would be given by the state concerned. Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who surveyed nine major coalfields recently,  informed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week that 35 per cent areas would be "no-go" areas for mining. In these areas mining must not be allowed under any circumstances, he told the Prime Minister. Mining activity can go on only in the remaining 65 per cent areas. The nine coal fields are: North Karanpura, IB Valley, Singaurali, Talcher, West Bokaro, Wardha, Mandraigarh, Hasdeo and Shoagpur. They are located in six states – Chhattishagrh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The Cabinet has been informed that henceforth coal mining projects would get the approval based on the ultimate production capacity thereby obviating the need for repeated clearances when expansion takes place. Ramesh has claimed that  Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal was on board with the new plan and officials from environment ministry would be a part of the approval process when Coal India allocates new blocks for mining. India's coal demand is set to rise as the country will be adding 50,758 MW capacity during the 11th plan, out of which 15,208 MW has already been installed. The new projects include the five ultra-mega power plants as well. The 12th plan targets are equally ambitious as the Union power ministry has worked out a scheme to add another 78,700 MW out of which more than 50,000 MW would be thermal. Ramesh has, however, felt that blocking 35 per cent of coal-bearing areas would not be a limiting factor if the required forest clearance for new mines came quickly from states. This, however, remains a bottleneck. Jharkhand, for instance, is notorious in delaying forest clearance.

Maharashtra govt may not be able to meet 2012 power target - dnaindia.com

Maharashtra govt may not be able to meet 2012 power target - dnaindia.com

Mumbai: The government has been claiming a load-shedding free Maharashtra by 2012, but the provision in the budget indicates otherwise.

Three of its major power generation plants, with consolidated generation of more than 4,000mw, are expected to be commissioned not before 2014-15, the budget document states.

The government expects 1,200mw power from Uran Gas Project, 1,320mw from a thermal power project in Dhule, and 1,600mw from a thermal power project in Ratangiri by 2014-15.

Though it has claimed that land acquisition is underway for the thermal projects, the ground reality is otherwise.

The acquisition has been facing resistance from the locals, and the department has no clarity on the other administrative aspects of the project.

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Birla Power to invest Rs 5000 cr in thermal & solar power projects

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India Power Companies’ Coal Imports May Fall Short of Target - BusinessWeek

India Power Companies’ Coal Imports May Fall Short of Target - BusinessWeek

By Dinakar Sethuraman

March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Indian power companies’ coal imports may fall short of a 47 million metric-ton target in the year ending March 2011, according to a report by a shipbroker.

“This is a stretched target and actual imports in 2010-11 may be only to the tune of around 38-40 million tons,” InterOcean said in a note today.

That compares with targeted purchases of 28.7 million tons in the previous fiscal year, InterOcean said, citing data from the Central Electricity Authority, India’s regulator. Actual imports may be lower at 23 million tons, it said.

India, the world’s second-most populous nation, will import 76 million tons of thermal coal and coking coal for steelmaking in the 2010 fiscal year, according to mjunction Services Ltd., a Web-based trader backed by the country’s biggest steel producers, in January. That’s up from 59 million tons in the previous period. Imports will rise to 110 million tons in 2012.

State utilities including National Thermal Power Corp. and some private units such as Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. may account for as much as 35 million tons of targeted coal purchases in fiscal 2011 while other non-state units including Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., Adani Power Ltd., Torrent Power Ltd. and Lanco Infratech Ltd. may import 12 million tons, according to the report.

National Thermal Power, India’s biggest generator, has a coal import target of 13.9 million tons for fiscal 2011 followed by Maharashtra State Power Generation Ltd. at 3.35 million tons, according to the report.

India’s power sector may consume 452 million tons of coal in fiscal 2011 of which about 388 million will be supplied from domestic mines, it said.

--Editors: Jane Lee, Ang Bee Lin.

To contact the reporter on this story: Dinakar Sethuraman in Singapore at dinakar@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Clyde Russell at crussell7@bloomberg.net.