Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has informed that as per the data available with them actual Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) level of the coal based power plants in Konkan region of Maharashtra in the year 2011-12 is well within prescribed limit as given below:
Sl. No. | Name of Power Station | Unit Size (MW) | SPM Level during 2011-12 mg/Nm3 | Prescribed Limits of SPM Level mg/Nm3 |
1. | DHANU Thermal Power Station | 2x250 MW | 38.7 – 48.4 | 150 |
2. | TROMBAY Thermal Power Station | 1x500 + 1x250 MW | 11.0 – 83.0 | 150 |
3. | JSW Energy (Ratnagiri) Ltd. | 4x300 MW | 65.0 (Average of the year) | 100 |
This information was given by the Minister of State for Power Shri K.C.Venugopal in a written reply to a question in LokSabha today.