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Neyveli Lignite Corp allotted coal block in Jharkhand

 

Date | Jan 27, 2016:

Public sector Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has been allotted a coal block by the Jharkhand government, officials said on Tuesday.

 

Neyveli has asked the government for more coal blocks, the officials said.

 

"On the coal front, we have been allotted a coal block in Jharkand and we have requested Ministry of Coal to allot us further blocks, which will fuel our capacity additions in coal-based generation," Neyveli Lignite Corporation Chairman and Managing Director Sarat Kumar Acharya said.

 

Acharya said that NLC plans to build 19,000-MW capacity by the year 2025 and will generate 6,000 MW from coal and 2,500 MW from lignite.

 

"We are no more a company limited to lignite mining and lignite-based power generation in Neyveli complex, but have diversified into coal-based power generation, renewable energy and coal mining," a release quoted him as saying.

 

"Last year, the company had commissioned its first 10 MW solar energy project at Neyveli," he said.

 

 

(Source: http://www.businesstoday.in/)