REL To Expand Dahanu Plant Capacity By 1,200 MW

Mumbai: Reliance Energy Ltd has set up on its drawing board a proposal to expand the generating capacity of its Dahanu thermal power plant, near Mumbai, by 1,200 MW. The investment will be in the region of Rs 3,500 crore. The plant will be started within 18 months from the zero date. The company does not have to procure land for the project, as it already has about 821 hectares of land there. Reliance Energy will require about 4 million tonnes of coal for generating the additional 1,200 MW. The company is setting up a flue gas de-sulphurisation plant, which will bring down the sulphur dioxide emission level from the present 50 tonnes per day to 8 tonnes per day.