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SOL AR not just a portion of it. earliest,” he added.
If the PPAs are extended beyond 25 years, TSPL, at Banawali village in Mansa district,
Jinko Power announces 1.5 they cannot go beyond a five-year period. has three units of 660 MW each, with the
capacity of producing total 1980 MW power.
Also, power generating stations losing old
GW solar project PPAs would be free to sell such relinquished reported in the plant’s unit number 1 on late
The power plant, before the leakage
power in the open market through exchanges,
The Jinko Power unit of the solar tie-ups with other buyers desiring to go for Saturday night, was producing 1178 MW
manufacturer is planning a huge hybrid long term or medium term PPAs or get the power — which is 142 MW less than the
solar and wind project and China Energy power reallocated to the willing buyers. generation capacity of 1320 MW from the two
Engineering is also making, slightly more Last week, in a case pertaining to units. As of now, the state’s power demand
modest, plans for generation capacity, as poly BSES Yamuna Power Limited, the Central without restrictions and eight hours supply
maker GCL continued its great PV project Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to the agriculture sector has already crossed
sell-off. had ordered the BSES discom to exit the 15000 MW. Under these circumstances, the
Shanghai-listed Jinko Power says it has PPA with NTPC’s Dadri-I power generating Punjab Government may announce more
signed a deal to develop a 2 GW hybrid station. curbs for the industrial sector for a few more
renewables project featuring 1.5 GW of solar “We are of the view that in terms of the days or till the arrival of monsoon expected
generation capacity in Feidong county, Hefei PPA and the SPPA and the fact that the around July 8.
city. Dadri-I generating station having completed Even as there was a little relief from the
The RMB12bn ($1.86bn) development, 25 years on 30.11.2020, the petitioners are power situation to some extent in the past two
which will include 500 MW of wind capacity eligible to exercise the first right of refusal as days, the snag in another unit is expected to
will be developed in phases “according to per the provisions of Regulation 17(2) of the make the situation worse. A PSPCL official
… policies and business indicators,” said the 2019 Tariff Regulations,” the order had said. maintained that making the second unit
power investment arm of solar manufacturer operational may take some time after fixing
Jinko. the problem.

COAL-FIRED GENERATION
Talwandi Sabo’s second
GRID COAL
Indian discoms allowed to unit develops snag; PSPCL Australia lends A$185mn to

end PPA after 25 years issues penalty notice Olive Downs Coking Coal

The Indian government has given power The prevailing power crisis in Punjab is likely Project
distribution companies the freedom to to deepen further after another unit of the
terminate or continue drawing power from Talwandi Sabo thermal plant stopped power The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
a project that has completed 25 years of generation after developing a snag due to a (NAIF) will provide a A$175mn loan to what
operations. boiler problem. Already, one of the three units will become one of Queensland’s largest
In a letter to the state governments and the of the private-owned coal based plant is under steelmaking coal mines.
heads of central generating stations (CGS), shutdown since February 27. Pembroke Resources’ Olive Downs Coking
the Ministry of Power said that as per the Taking strong note, the Punjab State Power Coal Project, situated in the Bowen Basin
guidelines of power purchase agreements Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has issued a 40km south east of Moranbah, will create up
(PPAs), discoms are eligible to terminate the penalty notice to the Talwandi Sabo Power to 700 jobs during construction and more
entire allocated power from a power project Limited (TSPL) “for not ensuring timely than 1,000 new jobs in the region once at peak
that has completed 25 years of operations availability of its unit no 3”. PSPCL has issued production.
since its commissioning. the notice to TSPL asking them to “explain Ramping up from an initial production of
It has also said that discoms, if so they so as to why the capacity charges should not be 4.5mn tonnes of steelmaking coal per annum,
wish, may also continue to draw power from deducted for the entire contract year 2021-22 at peak production Olive Downs is forecast
such old power stations, exercising the first considering non-availability of its unit under to produce up to 15mn tonnes per annum.
right of refusal available to them under the breakdown and be penalised on account of The coal will be transported by rail to the
terms of long-term PPAs. hardship faced by the people of Punjab”. Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal for export to
The changes are path-breaking for the “PSPCL has been repeatedly directing key international markets like Japan, South
power sector as they will help discoms TSPL to ensure full availability of its three Korea, Vietnam, and India.
terminate an old PPA that has not remained units in the paddy season, including unit no. The mine has open-cut JORC reserves of
economical in terms of power tariff. Also, 3 under forced outage, which the TSPL has more than 500Mt, making it one of the largest
termination of PPAs may allow shutting failed to do till date whereas paddy season steelmaking coal reserves in Queensland
down operations of old and polluting power is in full swing,” said PSPCL chairman cum . The development has approval from the
stations. managing director A Venu Prasad. Queensland Government.
The Power Ministry has said that while Prasad said that due to failure of unit NAIF’s loan will fund infrastructure during
flexibility will be given to discoms to no. 3, PSPCL faced tremendous difficulty the first phase of construction at the mine
terminate old PPAs, such a move should be in providing eight hours of uninterrupted including rail and transmission lines, water
complete and not done in parts. So, if there power supply to its agriculture and domestic pipelines, access roads and a coal handling
is a PPA for bulk purchase from a power consumers of the State. preparation plant.
station, the entire quantity would have to be “PSPCL has directed TSPL to make all NAIF’s investment has passed the non
relinquished by the discoms after 25 years and out efforts to make unit no. 3 available at the veto phase by Keith Pitt, the Minister for

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