Tata Power
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Tata Power is India’s oldest and largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of over 2977 MW.
On the 22 March 2011 it has announced partnership with Sunengy an Australian firm, to build India's first floating solar plant.
, Karjat
. Today the company is India
’s largest private sector electricity generating company with an installed generation capacity of over 2977 MW. It has a presence in thermal, hydro, solar and wind areas of power generation, transmission and retail.
s of the company are located at Trombay
in Mumbai
, ojobera] & [Maithon] in Jharkhand
, Haldia
in West Bengal
and Belgaum
in Karnataka
. The hydro stations are located in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and the wind farms in Ahmednagar, Supa
, Khanke, Brahmanwel, Gadag, Samana
and Visapur..
The company installed India’s first 500 MW unit at Trombay, the first 150 MW pumped storage unit at Bhira
, and a flue gas
desulphurization plant for pollution control at Trombay.
It has generation capacities in the States of Jharkhand
and Karnataka
, and a distribution company in Delhi
, servicing over one million consumers spread over 510 km2 in the North Delhi area. The peak load in this area is about 1,259 MW, with energy consumption of over 6,900 MUs.
, Africa
and South East Asia including the Jebel Ali
‘G’ station (4 x 100 MW + desalination plant) in Dubai
, Al-Khobar II (5 x 150 MW + desalination
plant) and Jeddah
III (4 x 64 MW + desalination plant) in Saudi Arabia
, Shuwaikh (5 x 50 MW) in Kuwait
, EHV substations in UAE and Algeria
, and power plant operation and maintenance contracts in Iran
and Saudi Arabia
.
It has already cleared the Joint Receipt Inspection (JRI) for the first two lots of Pinaka launchers and command posts; the third and fourth lots have successfully undergone factory acceptance tests.
It has recorded significant success in the offsets opportunity with five orders worth about Rs. 13 crores from IAI, Israel. Phased deliveries have already started.
Phase II of Bengaluru factory upgrade is underway.
financing.
The company has won a contract for building 4000 MW power plant at Mundra. For the first time in India, a 4000MW power plant is being built in one single large construction project; all earlier large projects have involved stage construction.
The company has also entered into a 74:26 joint venture with Damodar Valley Corporation for building a 1050 MW coal based thermal power plant at Maithon in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, into a 74:26 joint venture with Tata Steel Limited for setting up of power plants to meet the captive requirements of Tata Steel. It has commissioned 120MW power plant in Jojobera in 2009 and in the process of commissioning another 120 MW.
Tata Power has announced its partnership with Sunengy an Australian firm to build India's first floating solar plant based on Liquid Solar Array technology.
On the 22 March 2011 it has announced partnership with Sunengy an Australian firm, to build India's first floating solar plant.
History
The firm started as the Tata Hydroelectric Power Supply Company in 1911, which amalgamated with the Andhra Valley Power Supply Company in 1916; it commissioned India’s first large hydro-electric project in 1915 in Bhivpuri and KhopoliKhopoli
Khopoli is an industrial town in the Khalapur taluka of Raigad district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, at the base of the Sahyadri mountains. Patalganga River which is the tailrace channel of Tata Hydroelectric Power station flows through Khopoli....
, Karjat
Karjat
Karjat is a city, a Municipal Council, a Tahsil and a sub-district in Raigad district, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-Geography:...
. Today the company is India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
’s largest private sector electricity generating company with an installed generation capacity of over 2977 MW. It has a presence in thermal, hydro, solar and wind areas of power generation, transmission and retail.
Operations
The thermal power stationThermal power station
A thermal power station is a power plant in which the prime mover is steam driven. Water is heated, turns into steam and spins a steam turbine which drives an electrical generator. After it passes through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a condenser and recycled to where it was heated; this...
s of the company are located at Trombay
Trombay
Trombay is a northeastern suburb in Mumbai, India, with Mankhurd as the closest railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.-History:...
in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, ojobera] & [Maithon] in Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
, Haldia
Haldia
Haldia has a typical moderate climate with winter temperatures ranging from a low of around 7 degrees Celsius to a high of 22 degrees Celsius. Winters are chilly and is when the residents hold the Haldia Utsav festival. Summers can be very hot and humid. Usual summer temperatures in May, the...
in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
and Belgaum
Belgaum
Belgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....
in Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
. The hydro stations are located in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and the wind farms in Ahmednagar, Supa
Supa
Supa is a village in Tõlliste Parish, Valga County in southern Estonia. It has a population of 33 ....
, Khanke, Brahmanwel, Gadag, Samana
Samana, India
Samana is a city and a municipal council in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab.Before Independence, Samana was a part of Patiala Kingdom . Now it is a part of Patiala District of Punjab .- Geography :...
and Visapur..
The company installed India’s first 500 MW unit at Trombay, the first 150 MW pumped storage unit at Bhira
Bhira
Bhira is a small village in state of Maharashtra located about 150 km from Mumbai. It has the third hydropower plant installed by The Tata Power Company Ltd. in 1927...
, and a flue gas
Flue gas
Flue gas is the gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue, which is a pipe or channel for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler or steam generator. Quite often, the flue gas refers to the combustion exhaust gas produced at power plants...
desulphurization plant for pollution control at Trombay.
It has generation capacities in the States of Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
and Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
, and a distribution company in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, servicing over one million consumers spread over 510 km2 in the North Delhi area. The peak load in this area is about 1,259 MW, with energy consumption of over 6,900 MUs.
International operations
The company has executed overseas projects in the Middle EastMiddle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and South East Asia including the Jebel Ali
Jebel Ali
Jebel Ali is a port town, located 35 kilometres southwest of the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates . The village has a thriving expatriate community with over 300 residents. The area is also home to "5,500 companies from 120 countries"....
‘G’ station (4 x 100 MW + desalination plant) in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, Al-Khobar II (5 x 150 MW + desalination
Desalination
Desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation refers to any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from saline water...
plant) and Jeddah
Jeddah
Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...
III (4 x 64 MW + desalination plant) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, Shuwaikh (5 x 50 MW) in Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
, EHV substations in UAE and Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
, and power plant operation and maintenance contracts in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
.
Strategic Electronics Division
The firm's Strategic Electronics Division (SED) has engaged in defence systems and engineering for over four decades. It works with the MoD and laboratories to provide products and solutions for the defence requirements of the country.It has already cleared the Joint Receipt Inspection (JRI) for the first two lots of Pinaka launchers and command posts; the third and fourth lots have successfully undergone factory acceptance tests.
It has recorded significant success in the offsets opportunity with five orders worth about Rs. 13 crores from IAI, Israel. Phased deliveries have already started.
Phase II of Bengaluru factory upgrade is underway.
Future projects
Tata Power has entered into a 51:49 joint venture with PowerGrid Corporation of India for the 1200 km Tala transmission project, India’s first transmission project executed with public-private partnershipPublic-private partnership
Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...
financing.
The company has won a contract for building 4000 MW power plant at Mundra. For the first time in India, a 4000MW power plant is being built in one single large construction project; all earlier large projects have involved stage construction.
The company has also entered into a 74:26 joint venture with Damodar Valley Corporation for building a 1050 MW coal based thermal power plant at Maithon in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, into a 74:26 joint venture with Tata Steel Limited for setting up of power plants to meet the captive requirements of Tata Steel. It has commissioned 120MW power plant in Jojobera in 2009 and in the process of commissioning another 120 MW.
Tata Power has announced its partnership with Sunengy an Australian firm to build India's first floating solar plant based on Liquid Solar Array technology.
See also
- Kundali RiverKundali RiverKundali River is a river originating in the Kundali Hills of the Western Ghats in the state of Maharashtra and flowing into the Upper Bhima River Basin...
- Kundli Pumped Storage Plan - Solar power in IndiaSolar power in IndiaIndia is densely populated and has high solar insolation, an ideal combination for using solar power in India. India is already a leader in wind power generation...
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory CommissionMaharashtra Electricity Regulatory CommissionMaharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission is a governing body to control certain regulatory and safety functions in Maharashtra based in Mumbai. It was incorporated under the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998, of Central Act in August 1999. In 2003, Under Section 82 of the...