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
editThe plant's installed capacity is 1,215 MW being 9x135 MW units.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Vedanta – Vedanta Limited, Orissa, India, Smelter, Captive Power Plant (CPP), Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Kalahandi, Niyamgiri, Jharsuguda, Aluminium Company". www.vedantaaluminium.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pioneer, The. "'Vedanta wants captive bauxite, coal mines'". The Pioneer. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Vedanta Produced 1.95 Million Metric Tons Of Primary Aluminium In FY '19". Aluminium Insider. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Vedanta – Vedanta Limited, Orissa, India, Smelter, Captive Power Plant (CPP), Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Kalahandi, Niyamgiri, Jharsuguda, Aluminium Company". www.vedantaaluminium.com.
