Sangli cogen project to be re-tendered

PROJECTSTODAY: HUTATMA Kisan Ahir SSK has cancelled the tender for the 18-mw bagasse based cogeneration project in Sangli district of Maharashtra owing to financial crisis. The company plans to reinvite bids by August 2009.

The scope of work, as per the tender invited in March 2008, included design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of new boilers and turbo generators for the power plant. The Rs 80-crore project will be funded through the National Sugar Cooperative Factory (40 per cent), other entities (50 per cent) and state government and equity shares (10 per cent).

Hutatma Kisan Ahir SSK has received state and Central government approval for the power unit, though the contractor and supplier are yet to be finalised. The cogeneration project is a part of the company's 2,250-tccpd sugar expansion project. Out of the planned 18 mw capacity, the company plans to sell 10 mw to Maharashtra State Electricity Board and use the remaining 8 mw for captive purpose. The project will also include a 30-klpd distillery plant at a later date.

Published in ProjectsMonitor issue date: 01 September 2008