Aditya Captive Power Plant is a captive 900

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power project located at

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, Sambalpur District

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which is part of Hindalco's Smelter_power project in Odisha. It has captive coal from Talabira-2 coal block a JV between Mahanadi Coalfields and Neyveli Lignite Corporation.

Project

Hindalco Industries Hindalco Industries Limited an Indian aluminium and copper manufacturing company, is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group. Its headquarters are at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company has annual sales of 25 billion and employs around 20,00 ...

awarded contract to BHEL for main package in June 2009. It is 6x150MW project with first of its kind Turbo generators designed by BHEL specifically for this project.

Clearances

The project has been accorded environmental clearance by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

Capacity

The planned capacity of the thermal power plant is 1350 MW. Phase I of 6x150MW units and Phase II of 5x150 MW units.

References

Sambalpur district Coal-fired power stations in Odisha Government of Odisha Hindalco Industries 2013 establishments in Odisha Energy infrastructure completed in 2013