August 30, 2008

Tamil Nadu receives proposals for 10,000 MW captive power projects

BL reported that applications seeking clearance for individual captive power projects with generation capacity equivalent to 10,000MW have been filed with the Tamil Nadu government and that these projects are awaiting clearance from the chief minister of Tamil Nadu.

Mr Pongalur N Palanisamy minister for rural industries of Tamil Nadu after inaugurating the 4th edition of Tex Spares 2007 said that the Southern India Mills Association should put forth its application with the Tamil Nadu government for its proposed 500MW independent power project. His suggestion was in response to the reference made by Mr SV Arumugham chairman of Southern India Mills Association, who lamented that despite the best efforts from the state electricity board to address the shortcomings on the power front, the textile industry had to face frequent power tripping and infrastructure bottlenecks in lifting the power generated by the wind mills.

Mr Palanisamy said that the higher power tariff as compared to other states is another worry for the industry. He added that the Tamil Nadu government was to shortly announce a comprehensive industrial policy as the sub committee which has prepared its final report on the new policy has already forwarded to the chief minister.