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Coal linkages: 974 power firms line up for supply
August 30, 2011: The coal ministry has received applications for long-term coal linkage from central and state utilities, independent power producers (IPPs) and captive power producers (CPPs) for 974 power projects with a generation capacity of over 5.96 lakh Mw, as on July 31.
Of the 974 applications, 107 are from central and state utilities for capacity addition of 1,22,405 Mw, 434 applications from CPPs for 37,345.79 Mw and 433 from IPPs for a record 4.25,836.5 Mw capacity addition. The installed capacity of these power projects vary from 10 Mw to 5,280 Mw.
A coal ministry official said: "Some of the applications had already been considered in the past by the standing linkage committee (long term) but deferred the decision due to various reasons. These applications will be taken up in due course to provide long-term coal linkage for the upcoming power projects."
The official said the standing linkage committee (long term) would take up the proposals wherein the applicant had changed the category from CPP to IPP or enhanced or reduced the generation capacity or modified configuration.
According to the official, adequate reserves -- coal reserves upto 1,200 metres deep -- have been estimated at 277 billion tons as on April 1, 2010 and lignite reserves have been estimated at 39.07 billion tons as on March 31, 2009. Of the 277 billion tons, 110 billion tons of coal reserves have already been identified, 130.65 billion tons are indicated and 35.6 billion tons inferred.
The power ministry official said it had been pursuing with the coal ministry for an early clearances for both short and long-term coal linkages.
Source: Business Standard
