The state-owned firm plans to use 1 million standard cubic meters per day of natural gas to generated 220 mega-watt of electricity at the proposed combined cycle power plant.
The State Level Environmental Impact Assessment Authority of Maharashtra in its 63rd meeting "decided to accord environmental clearance to the project under the provisions of Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006," R A Rajee, Principal Secretary in Environment Department of Maharashtra Government, wrote to GAIL on December 23.
The project, which will use natural gas or imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel, is proposed to be located within GAIL's existing LPG recovery plant at Raigad.
GAIL has appointed Tractebel Engineering Pvt Ltd as consultant for preparation of Detail Feasibility Report (DFR).
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According to the company's proposal, natural gas requirement for use in the proposed project would be about 1 million standard cubic meters per day.
The supply of fuel is proposed to be available from GAIL pipeline network. A new pipeline of about 400 meters is to be laid to connect the power plant.
The project site is connected to pipelines that carry gas from the three operating LNG import facilities on the west coast - Dabhal terminal in Maharashtra and Dahej and Hazira plants in Gujarat.