As per an Economic Times report, the government is planning to invest Rs 70,000 crore and build much improved
According to the officials, who requested anonymity, around 100 old units with capacity ranging from 60 MW to 220 MW has been listed to be closed down in a recent meeting between the
The move will lead to a saving of about Rs 40,000 crore on land acquisition as well infrastructure cost like rail and water linkages along with facilities like ash pond and power evacuation lines. Coal supplied to the old plants would be supplied to the units that would replace them.
If reports are to be believed, in India, the a total capacity of about 36,000 MW power is supplied with the technology which is more than 25 years old and that the replacement procedure should take place in different phases.
There are a few plants, which are running in good condition and were recently renovated, hence could work for few more years. However, all such plants will have to eventually close down and be replaced by new super critical units, the CEA officials said.
The guidelines by the $4 have already been issued for automatic transfer of coal linkage from old and inefficient units to new super critical units.
According to a
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