Chennai: The North Chennai Thermal Power Station stage I and II will be commissioned by January and March 2012 to give Tamil Nadu an additional power of 1,200 MW (2 X 600), according to Mr Natham R. Viswanathan, Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity.
“We are on schedule, and the project will help improve the power situation in the State,” he told newspersons after reviewing the North Chennai Thermal Power project (and the NTECL project of a joint venture of NTPC and TNEB).
The Minister also reviewed the coal handling facilities at Ennore port in catering to the transport of coal for the additional 3,300 MW Tangedco projects being commissioned in 2012.
The Minister said “We are speeding up all ongoing projects and taking measures to reduce power demand and increase the supply to provide un-interrupted reliable power supply to all consumers in the State by August 2012,” he said.
Apart from the share from the proposed capacity addition through central sector, the project wing of Tangedco is expediting in commissioning of five coal-based thermal power projects under the State sector and joint venture with NTPC before the end of Eleventh Plan Period itself (December 2011 to March 2012), he said.
Currently, the required coal from various mines for the existing power stations such as EPS – 450 MW, NCTPS stage I (630 mw) and MTPS stage I and II (840 MW) is being handled at Ennore port. Further, the coal required for the forthcoming projects is also proposed to be handled at the port.
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