One of the largest coal producing companies of the country, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) has taken a step towards setting up a power plant. SECL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company (MPPGC) with a provision to form a Joint Venture Company (JV) for setting up a unit of 660-MW (Mega Watt) capacity at Amarkantak Thermal Power Station in Chachai.

The MoU was signed by Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company Bhanjit Singh and General Manager of SECL Arupdutt Chaudhary.

On this occasion, Director Commercial of Power Generating Company Pratish Kumar Dubey, Executive

Director Project Production BL Naval, Chief Manager of SECL Ajay Kumar Sen along with officers of SECL and Engineers of Power Generation Company were present. This joint venture company will generate power on the basis of supercritical state-of-the-art technology. Air-cooled condenser technology will be used in the power unit which will require very less water for power generation. According to the detailed project report, the total cost of the project is estimated to be around Rs 4,665 crore. It may be noted that under the ambitious diversification plan, many initiatives are being taken by the world’s largest coal producing company Coal India Limited (CIL) for the establishment of power plants including innovation, solar plants and clean energy.