Cauvery Power Gummidipoondi captive power station

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Cauvery Power Gummidipoondi captive power station is an operating power station of at least 63-megawatts (MW) in Billakuppam, Gummidipoondi, Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cauvery Power Gummidipoondi captive power station	Billakuppam, Gummidipoondi, Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India	13.423182, 80.066316 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 13.423182, 80.066316

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Unit 1	operating	coal: unknown	63	subcritical	2012
Unit 2	cancelled	coal: unknown	180	unknown	–
Unit 3	cancelled	coal: unknown	180	unknown	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 1	Cauvery Power Generation Chennai Pvt Ltd [100%]	Kaveri Gas Power Ltd
Unit 2	Cauvery Power Generation Chennai Pvt Ltd [100%]	Kaveri Gas Power Ltd
Unit 3	Cauvery Power Generation Chennai Pvt Ltd [100%]	Kaveri Gas Power Ltd

Project-level captive use details

• Captive industry use (heat or power): power
• Captive industry: Other Metals & Mining

Project-level coal details

• Coal source(s): Indonesia

Background

Gummidipoondi power station is a coal-based Captive Power Plant of 63 MW capacity at Gummudipoondi taluk. The plant started generating power from November 2012. The coal for the plant is imported from Indonesia and supplied by Coastal Energy Limited. It was originally owned by ARS Metals, but is now owned by Cauvery Power Generation.

Expansion

In September 2014 owner Cauvery Power applied to expand the power station by two units of 180 MW each.

Cauvery Power Generation received a terms of reference (ToR) for unit 2 (180 MW) in 2014. Unit 3 did not receive a Terms of Reference.

With no developments since 2014, plans for the project appear to be abandoned.

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