Country India Construction began 11 Nov 2011 Phone 087442 42301 | Status Operational Construction cost Rs 8250 Crores Make and model Bharat Heavy Electricals | |
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Location Jaipur, Mancherial, Telangana Commission date Unit-1: 25-Sep-2016, Unit-2: 02-Dec-2016 Address Pegadapalli,Jaipur, Telangana 504216 Similar NTPC Ramagun Thermal, GM's Office - Singareni, Kakatiya Thermal Power Pr, GM Office, Mancherial | ||
The Singareni Thermal Power Plant is located at Pegadapalli Village, Jaipur Mandal, Mancherial District in Telangana state, India. It has a installed capacity of 1200 MW (2x600 MW) and is operated by the Singareni Collieries Company.
History
Singareni is a coal based government company, which established in 1920 under the Hyderabad companies Act as a public limited company with the name Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL). The company is jointly owned by Telangana Government (51%) and Union Government (49%). It is named against a village Singareni in Bhadradri Kothagudem district (Old Khammam District) Telangana State, where the coal mines are first identified. SCCL coal mines covers the Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Khammam district, Jayashankar Bhupalapally district, Peddapalli District, Mancheriyal District total 5 districts of the Telangana state. It is currently operating 16 opencast Mines and 32 Underground Mines.
SCCL inspite of its vast experience in coal mining, it decided to enter into the power sector for the benefit of the company and contribute to Bangaru new Telangana state. It is the first PSU among Indian Coal PSUs to enter power industry in a large scale i.e.,1200MW and started its power project on 11 November 2011 at Jaipur Mandal, Mancherial District.
The SCCL Coal based Thermal Power Plant (2 X 600MW) project is given to consultancy wing of NTPC limited to take up the project for erection and commisioning. The BTG (Boiler Turbine Generator) Package is given to M/s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Bhopal and BOP (Balance of Plant) pakage is given to M/s McNally Bharat Engineering Company Limited, Kolkata. SCCL taken the works of Railway sliding, Water Reservoir and Township. Here the Package includes the Supply, Civil, Erection and commisioning works.
The Unit-1 Synchronisied with Coal Firing is done on 13 March 2016 and of Unit-2 on 01 September 2016. The stage-I power project of 2 units completed in 2016 with Unit-1 COD (Commerical Operation Date) on 25 September 2016 and Unit-2 COD on 2 December 2016. SCCL is expecting one more 600MW unit in stage-II in near future.
The Power Project (2 X 600 MW) is dedicated to the nation by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi on 07 August 2016, with presence of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Telangana state, Shri. K. Chandrashekar Rao, and Hon'ble Union Ministers Shri. M Venkaiah Naidu & Shri Bandaru Dattatreya and Shri. N. Sridhar IAS (C&MD of SCCL).