Gas scarcity hits 16,107 MW of power units
19 Dec 2014
December 19: A total of 33 gas-based power plants with total generation capacity of 16,107 MW are lying stranded due to non-availability of gas, a power ministry official said.
Of this, 18 plants out of the total general capacity of 6,997.00 MW are lying stranded due to non-availability of gas from the KG D6 basin since March 2013 while a total 6 plants with a combined generation capacity of 3,761.8 MW are stranded because they were commissioned without any gas allocation, according to the official.
In addition, as many as 9 plants with a combined generation capacity of 5,349 MW are ready for commissioning but they do not have gas allocations, the official said.
Following table provides list of gas-based power plants that are stranded because of non-availability of gas:
S. No |
Name of Power Station |
Installed |
Name of the |
Annual Plant Load factor % during 2013-2014 |
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CENTRAL SECTOR |
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1 |
RATNAGIRI (RGPPL-DHABHOL) |
1967 |
MAHARASHTRA |
8.77 |
STATE SECTOR |
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2 |
DHUVARAN CCPP(GSECL) |
112 |
GUJARAT |
16.2 |
3 |
UTRAN CCPP(GSECL) |
374 |
GUJARAT |
0 |
PVT SECTOR |
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4 |
VATWA CCPP (TORRENT) |
100 |
GUJARAT |
0 |
PVT IPP SECTOR |
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5 |
RITHALA CCPP (NDPL) |
108 |
DELHI |
0 |
6 |
ESSAR CCPP |
300 |
GUJARAT |
1.80 |
7 |
PEGUTHAN CCPP (GTEC) |
655 |
GUJARAT |
4.43 |
8 |
SUGEN CCPP (TORRENT) |
1147.5 |
GUJARAT |
23.06 |
9 |
GAUTAMI CCPP |
464 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
10 |
GMR - KAKINADA (Tanirvavi) |
220 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
11 |
JEGURUPADU CCPP (GVK) |
220.5 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
12 |
KONASEEMA CCPP |
445 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
13 |
KONDAPALLI EXTN CCPP . |
366 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
0 |
14 |
VEMAGIRI CCPP |
370 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
5.48 |
15 |
SRIBA INDUSTRIES |
30 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
Not Available |
16 |
RVK ENERGY |
28 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
Not Available |
17 |
SILK ROAD SUGAR |
35 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
Not Available |
18 |
LVS POWER |
55 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
Not Available |
SUB TOTAL (A) |
6997.0 |
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STATE SECTOR |
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1 |
PRAGATI CCGT-III |
750 |
DELHI |
0 |
2 |
PIPAVAV CCPP |
702 |
GUJARAT |
0 |
3 |
DHUVARAN CCPP(GSECL) |
376.3 |
GUJARAT |
0 |
4 |
HAZIRA CCPP EXT |
351 |
GUJARAT |
0 |
PVT IPP SECTOR |
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5 |
UNOSUGEN CCPP |
382.5 |
GUJARAT |
0 |
6 |
DGEN Mega CCPP |
1200 |
GUJARAT |
0 |
SUB TOTAL (B) |
3761.8 |
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PRIVATE SECTOR |
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1 |
GMR VEMAGIRI EXP |
768 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
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2 |
KONDAPALLI EXP ST-III |
742 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
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3 |
SAMALKOTEXP |
2400 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
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4 |
CCGT BY PANDURANGA |
116 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
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5 |
GAS ENGINE BY ASTHA |
35 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
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6 |
KASHIPUR SRAVANTHI ST-I&II |
450 |
UTTRAKHAND |
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7 |
BETA INFRATECH CCGT |
225 |
UTTRAKHAND |
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8 |
GAMA INFRAPROP CCGT |
225 |
UTTRAKHAND |
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9 |
CCGT BY PIONEER GAS POWER LTD |
388 |
MAHARASHTRA |
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SUB TOTAL (C) |
5349.0 |
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TOTAL STRANDED GAS BASED PROJECTS (A+B+C) |
16107 |
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