Govt to divert gas from Dabhol plant to Delhi
10/06/2014 14:52
With Delhi winding under severe power crisis, the Government today decided to divert natural gas from Dabhol power plant in Maharashtra to generation stations in the national capital to help produce an additional 218 MW of electricity, reported PTI. State gas utility GAIL India proposed to divert 0.9 million standard cubic metres per day of domestic gas allocated to the now shut Dabhol power plant to units in Delhi, a top oil ministry official said. “One mmscmd can generate 242 MW of power. So 0.9 mmcmd can produce an additional 218 MW,” he said. “Dabhol has not been producing as it needs a minimum of 1.4 mmscmd of gas to operate. The plant was left with only 0.9 mmscmd of APM allocation after supplies from KG—D6 fields (of Reliance Industries) stopped following drop in output,” the official said. According to media, power stations in Delhi need as much as 3 mmsmcd of gas and the balance requirement can be met through use of imported LNG.
10/06/2014 14:52
With Delhi winding under severe power crisis, the Government today decided to divert natural gas from Dabhol power plant in Maharashtra to generation stations in the national capital to help produce an additional 218 MW of electricity, reported PTI. State gas utility GAIL India proposed to divert 0.9 million standard cubic metres per day of domestic gas allocated to the now shut Dabhol power plant to units in Delhi, a top oil ministry official said. “One mmscmd can generate 242 MW of power. So 0.9 mmcmd can produce an additional 218 MW,” he said. “Dabhol has not been producing as it needs a minimum of 1.4 mmscmd of gas to operate. The plant was left with only 0.9 mmscmd of APM allocation after supplies from KG—D6 fields (of Reliance Industries) stopped following drop in output,” the official said. According to media, power stations in Delhi need as much as 3 mmsmcd of gas and the balance requirement can be met through use of imported LNG.
