NEW DELHI: Coal India Limited (CIL), India’s largest coal miner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RRVUNL) for the exploration and execution of 4,100 MW capacity power projects. The company, in a press note, said that the proposed electricity generation would be through a mix of coal-fired thermal power plants, solar projects, pump storage plants and wind projects.
“With Rajasthan exploring several opportunities for securing power to meet the growing energy demand, the entire generation would be acquired by the sunny state,” said CIL in a press note.
The five proposed projects are 2×800 MW coal-based pit-head power plants to come up in a coal-bearing state, whose power would be drawn by Rajasthan. Others are a 2000 MW solar power project in RRVUNL’s solar park; a 200 MW (2×100) pump storage project at Jawahar Sagar; a 250 MW solar project on the land acquired for Banswara TPP by RRVUNL; and a 50 MW wind project at the existing Ramgarh gas project, Jaisalmer. As per the MoU stipulation, RRVUNL shall ensure offtake guarantees from the projects and also acquire, possess and transfer the developed land parcels to JVC. CIL shall carry out feasibility studies and conduct analysis for the financial viability of each of the proposed projects.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Bhajan Lal Sharma, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, while Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Coal, Mines, and Parliamentary Affairs, and R K Singh, Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, attended in virtual mode. Amrit Lal Meena, Secretary of Coal, was also present.