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Govt Gives Land for 1000 MW Thermal Plant

  • The state government has allocated 100 acres of land to set up a 1,000 MW thermal power plant near the LNG terminal coming up at Puthuvypu, off Kochi. It will be a joint venture between KSEB and Petronet LNG Ltd, which is setting up the terminal. The land will form part of the equity share of KSEB in the project.Power minister Aryadan Muhammed told TOI here on Monday that the project will be implemented in phases and that a 380 MW unit would be set up in the first phase.According to A K Balyal, MD, Petronet, the project would cost around Rs 3,600 crore. Aryadan said the Kerala government would be able to buy major portion of the power generated.