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TN Govt to Undertake Study to Set Up 500 MW LNG Power Station

  • Charging the Congress led UPA with not alloting sufficient quantity of coal for ongoing power projects in Tamil Nadu, the Jayalalithaa government today said it would undertake a study to set up a 500 MW power station using Liquified Natural Gas as fuel. "A power station using LNG as fuel can be set up in a short span of time.My government will undertake a study to set up a 500 MW power station using LNG as fuel after IOCL sets up the LNG terminal," Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said in the state assembly. She said it has become necessary to identify solutions to generate power using other forms of fuels like LNG as the UPA government was not alloting sufficient amount of coal for thermal power projects and also ongoing power projects. At a recent function, an MoU was signed between Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation(TIDCO) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd in her presence to set up the Rs 4500 crore LNG Terminal. IOCL Chairman R S Butola after signing the agreement had said the LNG Terminal at Ennore would attract an investment of Rs 4500 crore. The project is expected to be completed by December 2015 or January 2016. Besides this, Jayalalithaa said GAIL India Ltd has undertaken project to lay pipes to supply LNG to Bangalore from Kochi connecting Coimbatore, Salem, Dharmapuri districts. The government will also undertake a study to set up a 500 MW power station using this project, she said. PTI VIJ SA APR

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