The Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) has received environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), to set up a power unit in Kheda district.

The project, estimated to cost Rs 4,100 crore, will have 800 MW capacity.

MoEF has accorded clearance to the company with certain specific conditions . They are: old and inefficient units which have outlived the plant life; Units 1, 2 and 3 of 210 MW each at Wanakbori; and 120 MW units at Gandhinagar and Ukai - shall all be phased out and dismantled within the next three years or before commissioning of the Wanakbori unit, whichever is earlier.

Further, life cycle assessment of old units - 4 to 7 of 210 MW each at Wanakbori, shall be carried out either by the Central Electricity Authority or any other competent agency and vetted by CEA. In case the units are found fit for efficient operation after proposed overhauling, the electrostatic precipitators shall be replaced or retrofitted so that particulate emission does not exceed 50 mg / Nm3.

MoEF has also asked GSECL to conduct a long term study on radioactivity and heavy metals content on coal that will be used.

The company will require 4.17 million tpa coal for the proposed project, which it will source from Maccha Kata Captive Mine in Talcher, Orissa.

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