Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal minister of state for coal informed in Rajya Sabha that Neyveli Lignite Corporation proposes to set up coal fired power plants of 2000 MW capacity each in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh for which State Government approval is yet to be obtained and is also setting up 50 MW wind power plant at Trinelveli District at the cost of INR 313 crores.

The land requirement for setting up a Coal based Thermal Power Plant of 2000 MW capacity is about 1000 acres. Details of land and households will be known only after State Government approvals have been obtained for setting up of the power plants. For the wind power project the areas required is 100 acres and land is provided by the supplier of the wind turbine generator.