Vedanta Jharsuguda Captive Power Plant

Vedanta Jharsuguda Power Station is a coal based thermal captive power plant located near Jharsuguda town in Jharsuguda district in the Indian state of Odisha. The power plant was commissioned in July 2008,[1] and is operated by Vedanta Resources. It supplies power to aluminum smelter of Vedanta Resources.[2][3][4]

The coal for the plant is sourced from Ib Valley Coalfield. Water is sourced from reservoir of Hirakud Dam.[1] The Engineering, procurement and construction contract is given to SEPCO3 of People's Republic of China.[5]

Capacity

The plant's installed capacity is 1,215 MW being 9x135 MW units.[5]

References
  1. "Vedanta – Vedanta Limited, Orissa, India, Smelter, Captive Power Plant (CPP), Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Kalahandi, Niyamgiri, Jharsuguda, Aluminium Company". www.vedantaaluminium.com.
  2. Patnaik, Nageshwar (13 June 2011). "Vedanta to invest Rs 10,000 cr more to complete Jharsuguda power projects". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. Pioneer, The. "'Vedanta wants captive bauxite, coal mines'". The Pioneer. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. "Vedanta Produced 1.95 Million Metric Tons Of Primary Aluminium In FY '19". Aluminium Insider. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  5. "Vedanta – Vedanta Limited, Orissa, India, Smelter, Captive Power Plant (CPP), Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Kalahandi, Niyamgiri, Jharsuguda, Aluminium Company". www.vedantaaluminium.com.

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