गजमारा, ओडिशा में 2400 मेगावाट की ताप बिजली परियोजना लगाने के लिए एनटीपीसी और नाल्‍को के बीच समझौता

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृतिक गैस राज्‍य मंत्री (स्‍वतंत्र प्रभार) श्री धर्मेंद्र प्रधान और बिजली, कोयला, नवीन एवं नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा और खान राज्‍य मंत्री (स्‍वतंत्र प्रभार) श्री पीयूष गोयल ने आज एनटीपीसी और नाल्‍को के बीच होने वाले समझौते पर आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम की अध्‍यक्षता की। इस समझौते के तहत गजमारा, धनकनाल, ओडिशा में 2400 मेगावाट ताप बिजली परियोजना लगाई जाएगी।

इसमें उत्‍पादित बिजली का उपयोग नाल्‍को करेगा। इन सभी परियोजनाओं में लगभग 36000 करोड़ रूपए की लागत आएगी। यह संयुक्‍त उपक्रम दोनों कंपनियों के लिए बहुत फायदेमंद है। परियोजना शुरू हो जाने पर एनटीपीसी, नाल्‍को को बिजली आपूर्ति करने में सफल होगा। दूसरी तरफ एल्‍युमिनियम में उत्‍पादन के लिए नाल्‍को को सुविधा हो जाएगी। इस बिजली संयंत्र के शुरू हो जाने पर ओडिशा के कम विकसित क्षेत्रों को वहां उपलब्‍ध खनिज संपदा का इस्‍तेमाल करने की सुविधा मिलेगी। 

NTPC and NALCO signs MoU to establish a 2400 MW Coal based power project at Gajmara, Odisha

Union Minister of State (IC) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal presided over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NTPC Limited and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), here today. The MoU will facilitate the setting up of a Joint Venture (JV) Company to establish a 2400 MW coal based power project at Gajmara, Dhenkanal, Odisha.

The generated power will be taken by the NALCO as a JV partner for the Brownfield expansion of its 5 lakh tonne Aluminium smelter at Angul and the Greenfield project of a 6 lakh tonne smelter at Kamakhya Nagar, Odisha. The estimated investment in all these projects will be approximately Rs. 36,000 crores.

This JV is a unique win-win project for both the companies. In a situation of India being Coal surplus and power prices coming down, NTPC would be able to provide uninterrupted power supply to NALCO’s plants through this project. On the other hand, NALCO would be able to produce Aluminium in the country, which previously was not possible due to high power prices, Shri Piyush Goyal said. “We have brought back Aluminium smelter plant to the people of Odisha, which was going to be established outside the country due to lack of cheap power in the country a couple of years back. This would not only give a boost employment generation in the region but also give a fillip to economy of the country as a whole”.

The Ministry has taken cognizance about the pollution being caused by thermal power plants in the region and NTPC has accorded in-principle approval to modernize all power plants older than 25 years, in the next 5 years, by replacing them with energy efficient supercritical power plants. Hence the people of Dhenkanal will experience an improvement in the Quality of Life in the times to come, he added.