Mejia power station

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Mejia power station is an operating power station of at least 2340-megawatts (MW) in Durlavpur, Saltora, Bankura, West Bengal, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Mejia power station	Durlavpur, Saltora, Bankura, West Bengal, India	23.4639, 87.1311 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Phase II unit 1, Phase II unit 2, Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6: 23.4639, 87.1311

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Phase II unit 1	operating	coal: unknown	500	subcritical	2010
Phase II unit 2	operating	coal: unknown	500	subcritical	2011
Unit 1	operating	coal: unknown	210	subcritical	1996
Unit 2	operating	coal: unknown	210	subcritical	1998
Unit 3	operating	coal: unknown	210	subcritical	1999
Unit 4	operating	coal: unknown	210	subcritical	2005
Unit 5	operating	coal: unknown	250	subcritical	2008
Unit 6	operating	coal: unknown	250	subcritical	2008

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Phase II unit 1	Damodar Valley Corp [100%]	Damodar Valley Corp [100.0%]
Phase II unit 2	Damodar Valley Corp [100%]	Damodar Valley Corp [100.0%]
Unit 1	Damodar Valley Corp [100%]	Damodar Valley Corp [100.0%]
Unit 2	Damodar Valley Corp [100%]	Damodar Valley Corp [100.0%]
Unit 3	Damodar Valley Corp [100%]	Damodar Valley Corp [100.0%]
Unit 4	Damodar Valley Corp [100%]	Damodar Valley Corp [100.0%]
Unit 5	Damodar Valley Corp [100%]	Damodar Valley Corp [100.0%]
Unit 6	Damodar Valley Corp [100%]	Damodar Valley Corp [100.0%]

Financing

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Background

The station has 8 units: four units of 210 MW each, two units of 250 MW, and two units of 500 MW. It uses water from the Damodar river.

The existing units are as follows:

• Unit 1: 210 MW (March 1996)
• Unit 2: 210 MW (March 1998)
• Unit 3: 210 MW (September 1999)
• Unit 4: 210 MW (February 2005)
• Unit 5: 250 MW (February 2008)
• Unit 6: 250 MW date not specified

Phase-II

• Unit 1: 500 MW (September 2010)
• Unit 2: 500 MW (March 2011)

Citizen opposition

In December 2008, it was reported that villagers living in the Bankura district, near the Mejia power station, "forced the Damodar Valley Corporation's (DVC) to shut down three of the six units of 1,340 mw Mejia Thermal Power Station (MTPS) over perceived pollution of their immediate environment by fly ash waste from the power plants."

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