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The '''KSK Mahanadi Power Project''' is a coal-powered thermal power plant located in [[Chhattisgarh]], India. As of 2025, it is owned and operated by [[JSW Energy]].<br />
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==Project description==<br />
The power plant is located at Nariyara village in [[Akaltara]] [[tehsil]] of [[Janjgir-Champa district]], in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The approved capacity of the plant is 3,600 MW (6×600 MW). The engineering, procurement, and construction contract was awarded to [[SEPCO]] of [[China]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ksk.co.in/opr-evl-tp.html |title=Operations - Thermal Power Plants |access-date=20 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209021757/http://ksk.co.in/opr-evl-tp.html |archive-date=9 February 2014 }}</ref><br />
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The company has long-term coal-supply arrangements with the Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation and the Goa Industrial Development Corporation from the Morga-II and Gare Pelma-II coal blocks, respectively. It has also been allocated tapering linkage arrangements with Coal India.<ref>[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ksk-energy-commissions-600-mw-unit-i-of-mahanadi-project/article20616004.ece1 Unit-I commissioned in May 2013]</ref> However, the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] judgment of 2014 on the [[coal scam]] case led to a cancellation of all allocations.<br />
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==Progress==<br />
The project includes six units, at 600 MW each. Three of the six units have been commissioned so far.{{as of?|date=April 2023}}<br />
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! Unit no. !! Generating capacity !! Commission date !! Status<br />
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| 1 || 600 MW || May 2013 || Running<ref>{{cite web|author=V. Rishi Kumar |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ksk-energy-commissions-600mw-unit-i-of-mahanadi-project/article4732679.ece |title=KSK Energy commissions 600-MW unit I of Mahanadi project &#124; Business Line |publisher=Thehindubusinessline.com |date=20 May 2013 |access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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| 2 || 600 MW || August 2014 ||Running<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksk.co.in/ThermalPP.php |title=KSK Energy Ventures Limited |publisher=Ksk.co.in |date=31 March 2016 |access-date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922042716/http://www.ksk.co.in/ThermalPP.php |archive-date=22 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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| 3 || 600 MW || January 2018 || Running<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/strategic-buyer-pfc-seeks-buyers-for-project-by-ksk-energy-subsidiary/1151400/ |title=KSK MPCL commissions 3rd units of 600 MW; | publisher=financialexpress.com | date=31 January 2018 |access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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| 4 || 600 MW || ... || ...<br />
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| 5 || 600 MW || ... || ...<br />
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| 6 || 600 MW || ... || ...<br />
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==Present status==<br />
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The company is facing major issues, and financial institutions have begun the process of finding a suitable buyer for the project. Apart from seeking investors, lenders also plan to change the management of a subsidiary that is implementing the raw water intake system for the project, and that of an associate developing the railway siding outside the plant boundary.<br />
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The company reported revenues of only Rs. 200 million (US$3 million) in the 2017 fiscal year, which is negligible if 1,200 MW of production capacity was operational during that year. The single reason for non-operation is the non-availability of coal. In 2014, the Supreme Court of India cancelled wholesale all coal allocations made since 1993 by the government of India, which has held a monopoly on coal mining since nationalization in the 1950s.<br />
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In 2025, KSK Mahanadi Power Limited, which previously operated the project, was acquired by the public energy company [[JSW Energy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=KSK Mahanadi Power Plant |url=https://www.jsw.in/energy/ksk-mahanadi-power-plant |website=jsw.in |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Janjgir-Champa district]]<br />
[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
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