Maharashtra government to close all 30-year-old power facilities

• 6 years ago (2017-05-25)
• David Flin

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Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister of State for Energy, New and Renewable Energy for the Indian state of Maharashtra, said that the Maharashtra Government will shut down all power stations that have been running for move that 30 years in a phased manner. He said that these closed stations will be replaced with new plants with increased power generation capacity.

He also said that the government will start work on commissioning a new 600 MW thermal power plant at Bhusawal in less than two months after closing down an existing facility there. Bawankule stated that the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MAHAGENCO) will shut down its existing 210 MW power plant at Bhusawal in Jalgaon district.

Construction of the plant will be started within the next six weeks, and orders have been placed for equipment from BHEL.

MAHAGENCO has shut down two units of 210 MW each at the Chandrapur plant, one 210 MW unit at Parli power plant, and one 200 MW unit at Koradi power plant. MAHAGENCO said that the new plant at Koradi has a capacity of 3300 MW. It is planning to replace the rest of the units with supercritical units.