Khurja Super Thermal Power Project in Uttar Pradesh
On 7th, March, 2019, the Cabinet Committee approved the investment approval for 2x660MW Khurja Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh and Amelia Coal Mine in District Singraulli, Madhya Pradesh.
The project will be implemented by THDC India Limited, a Mini Ratna CPSU under the Ministry of Power, Government of India.
The Khurja STPP will be based on Supercritical Technology with two units of capacity 660 MW each, equipped with latest emission control technology to protect the environment and has high efficiency and uses less fuel to generate power.
The Khurja STPP will improve the deficit power scenario of northern region and particularly of Uttar Pradesh, which has already signed Power Purchase Agreement with THDC India Limited for purchase of 60% power from the Project and the other beneficiary states i.e. Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.
On 7th March, 2019, the Cabinet Committee gave approval for investment approval for 2x660 MW Buxar Thermal Power Project (Buxar TPP) in District Buxar of Bihar.
