KOLKATA: A 1,000-mw power generation capacity, set up at an investment of 5,500 crore by Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is lying idle due to lack of coal, though the units are ready to run for commercial generation.
DVC had applied for coal linkage to the Coal Ministry in 2007 but is yet to receive a green signal. The company has set up two units each having 500 mw capacity. The first of these was synchronised in September 2010. The second was synchronised in March 2011.
When a plant achieves synchronisation, it is ready to generate power and pump it into the grid.
Confirming the development, a senior DVC official said: "The first unit for the Mejia project was scheduled to start commercial production by March 2010 while the second was scheduled by June 2010. But we are way beyond target due to non-availability of coal. Construction for the projects started during January 2007 and was scheduled to be completed in 42 months."
"We are trying to arrange coal for these units but have not received anything so far. Hence none of the units has started commercial generation," the official said.
The Economic Times
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