By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/ANGUL: The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has invited bids to appoint a mine developer and operator for the Chandrabila Coal Mine of Angul district in Odisha for its captive use.The State utility plans to mine 10 million tonnes of coal per annum from the coal block located at Talcher Coalfield for three ongoing thermal power plants with a total capacity of 3,300 MW.
The Chandrabila coal block is spread across 9.32 square kilometres with a total geographical reserve of 896.16 million tonnes. Tamil Nadu has been allowed to mine 10 million tonnes per annum for 35 years, including a development period of 42 months. The block was allocated in 2015.
“The coal mined from this block shall be put to captive use in Tangedco’s end-use power projects of 1X660MW Ennore Expansion Thermal Power Station, 2X660 MW Ennore SEZ Thermal Power Station and 2X660 MW Udangudi Stage-I Thermal Power Project in Tuticorin,” the tender document said.
As per the coal linkage approved by the Ministry of Coal, the Ennore Expansion project would get 1.885 MTPA, while Ennore SEZ and Udangudi projects would be supplied 3.682 MTPA and 3.647 MTPA respectively. The domestic coal would be supplied for the 50 per cent of plant load factor of the three thermal power projects and the rest would be met through imported coal.
