* *
* Jharkhand <http://www.jharkhand.org.in/news>
News<http://www.jharkhand.org.in/news>
*
**
**
**
NTPC to take over Jharkhand PTPS plant The power ministry has laced
with sweeteners its offer to let Central generation utility NTPC take over
Jharkhand State Electricity Board's coal-fired power station at Patratu for
turning it around. Power secretary Anil Razdan has informed the state chief
secretary that the Central utility will also set up state-of-the-art
generators and provide power to villages in the plant's vicinity besides
taking up distribution in Ranchi. According to the proposal, NTPC will use
the land available at the power plant to set up units of 660-800 mw
capacity, while at the same time renovate the existing 110 mw generators to
improve efficiency and ensure they are good for the next 10 years or so. The
new generators will be less-polluting than the existing machinery and will
run longer before needing maintenance shut-downs. NTPC is also willing to
take over the distribution licence for Ranchi. Not just that, it also
promises to supply electricity in villages within a radius of 10 km of the
Patratu plant through the Centre's Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.
All these will come with the added benefit of community development
programmes and relief and rehab to be carried out by the Central utility.
The biggest gain for the state is the power that will be available once the
plant's generation improves and the additional electricity from the expanded
capacity. The Patratu plant's performance during the last 7-8 years has been
dismal. Central records show that the plant's efficiency has declined from
20.7% in 2000-2001 to a meagre 9.12% in 2006-2007. This means the plant has
been producing power at just 9% of its rated capacity of 840 mw. This
becomes negative generation if one considers the fact that all this while
the plant's auxiliary power consumption has varied between 13% and 22%. In
net term then, the plant has been consuming more power than it has been
producing. NTPC has a remarkable track record of turning around old power
plants doddering on the brink of blowing their fuse permanently. It has
turned around and expanded units such as Unchahar and Tanda in UP, Talcher
in Orissa and Badarpur in Delhi. It is also working on the Kanti plant in
Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NTPC_to_take_over_Jharkhand_plant/articleshow/2896404.cms
* *Read, Write & Watch @ Jharkhand Blog* =>*
Jharkhand-industry.blogspot.com<http://www.Jharkhand-industry.blogspot.com>
--
Jharkhand News
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jharkhand Online Network
www.jharkhand.org.in/news
