Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (Tangedco) is planning to call for tenders for setting up power projects, which can generation 2,200 Mega watt (Mw).
Speaking at a meet organised by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), K Balasubramanian, director -generation said the corporation was planning to set up 2X800-Mw Uppur Thermal Power Project and soon would come out with a tender.
“It will have super critical boilers and necessary clearances for the project have been obtained,” he added.
The 1,600 Mw Uppur project with an outlay of Rs 9,600 crore will come up at Thiruvadanai in Ramanath-apuram district. Around 1,200 acre have been identified.
It will also float a tender for 600 Mw thermal power project at Ennore, near Chennai. The project will be set up on tariff-based competitive bidding and is to be commissioned by December 2015.
Balasubramanian said the company was planning to go for renovation and modernisation (R&M) of its 210 Mw plant at Tuticorin.
Earlier Rajeev Ranjan, chairman and managing director, Tangedco, said power projects, with a total generation capacity of 8,000 Mw were on the anvil in TN.
He said they had proposed a revision in power tariff. Once it gets the approval of the TN Electricity Regulatory Commission, the financial position of the company would improve.
