BL reported that more than 50% of the coal requirement for Adani Power’s 4,620 MW Mundra plant will have to be imported from Indonesia though the company has tied up for domestic linkages.
Mr Ameet Desai director of Adani Power said “Of the total coal requirement of 15 million tonne, 8 million tonne to 9 million tonne would have to be imported.”
Mr Desai said “Procuring coal from Indonesia is a risk, but one which the company is willing to take. It has long term supply agreements and mining rights in the Bunyu Island of Indonesia. Based on the geological study, we think that the mines would yield good results.”
Mr Gautam Adani chairman of Adani Power said “Land, coal and water linkages have been tied up for the Mundra and Tiroda projects. The first unit of 330 MW in Mundra was online. It has tied up with State utilities for about 70% of the 6,600 MW to be produced at the two projects. The balance would be traded on merchant basis.”
Moreover, it has set up 433 circuit kilometer of 400 KV line to connect the power station to Dehgam, the Gandhinagar sub-station of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited to evacuate power in the first three phases of the Mundra project. In the 4 phase, an 800 kilometer HVDC line would link the power station to Mohindergarh, Haryana. The Tiroda plant would have a 140 kilometer line to Koradi and another 225 kilometer line to Wardha.
Mr Desai said “Under the power purchase agreement, it will sell power at an average cost of INR 2.70 a unit, while that sold on the merchant basis could fetch INR 4.50 a unit.”
Source : Business Line