The Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) has received environmental clearance (EC) from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to establish one x 800 MW coal-based supercritical thermal power plant in Gujarat. The thermal power project will come up within the premises of the existing units two x 200 MW, one x 210 MW and one x 500 MW Ukai Thermal Power Plant located at Vagds village in Tapi district. The total installed generating capacity at Ukai Thermal Power Plant is 1,350 MW, comprising two x 120 MW (units 1 & 2 – decommissioned), two x 200 MW (units 3 & 4), one x 210 MW (unit 5) and one x 500 MW (unit 6). The estimated cost of the project is Rs 5,113 crore.
The land required for the project is 89 acre. The coal required for the proposed project is 3.34 million tpa. The company has been allocated Gare Palma Sector-I coal block in Mand Raigarh Coalfield, Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. The flyash generation from the proposed project is 9.08 lakh tpa and bottom ash generation is 2.27 lakh tpa. The proposed project will be operated on zero effluent discharge concept and no water wastewater will be discharged.