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Buxar Thermal Power Project-Unit 2

SJVN signed MoU with Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited and Bihar Power Infrastructure Company on 17.01.2013 for setting up Buxar Thermal Power Plant (2X 660 MW) in village Chausa, Distt. Buxar, Bihar. SJVN took over Buxar Bijli Company Private Limited on 04.07.2013 and changed name to SJVN Thermal Private Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of SJVN Ltd.) on 17.10.2013. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) has been signed with Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited for 85% share of power generation at Bus Bar rate.

 

Detailed Project Report of the project approved by East Central Railway, Hajipur on 05.09.2019. Environment Clearance has been received from MoEF & CC on 28.02.2017. Private land for main plant has been acquired. Clearance from airport authority for chimney has also been received.  CCEA accorded investment approval for the project on 08.03.2019. Foundation stone was laid by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on 09.03.2019. Main plant works have been awarded and are in progress.
 

                        Salient Features of Buxar Thermal Power Project  

Location

Village Chausa, Distt Buxar, Bihar

Installed Capacity

1320 MW (2x660 MW)

Annual Generation

9828 Million Units

Levelised Tariff

Rs. 4.19 per unit

Estimated Cost

Rs. 10439.09 Crore at January 2018 PL

Chimney

2 nos. of 275m height

Source of Coal

Long Term Coal Linkage from Coal India Ltd.

Source of Water

River Ganga

Cooling Tower

2 nos. Induced Draft Cooling Tower each of 72,000 m3/ hr capacity

Turbine

Single Reheat Condensing Type

Transformer

6 nos. single phase each of rated capacity 275 MVA, 20 kV

Rail link (from project)

14.84 Km (route length)

S.
No.

Description

Date

1.

MoU with Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL) and Bihar Power Infrastructure Company (BPIC)

17.01.2013

2.

Acquisition of  Buxar Bijli Company Private Limited

04.07.2013

3.

Renamed as SJVN Thermal Private Limited (STPL)

17.10.2013

4.

Environment Clearance by MoEF & CC

28.02.2017

5.

Acquisition of Private Land ( 1058 acre)

12.12.2017

6.

Completion of 33 KV line for construction power

11.07.2018

7.

Issuance of LOA for coal linkage by CCL

10.12.2018

8.

Investment approval of Project

08.03.2019

9.

Foundation stone laid by Prime Minister of India 

09.03.2019

10.
 
Award of Main plant works
 
22.06.2019
 
11.
 
DPR approved by East Central Railways
 
05.09.2019
 
12.Financial Closure16.03.2021
13.PPA (Supplementary agreement) signed between STPL and BSPHCL 
 
09.04.2021


 

The Project  is financed on 70 : 30 debt equity ratio.