NLC India, which has shelved the seven year old 3,960 MW Sirkazhi thermal power project in Nagapattinam district, has assured the government that it would implement a couple of thermal power projects of 3,440 MW capacity in Neyveli and Thoothukudi to neutralise the possible loss of investment.

The company has planned to set up four units of 660 MW each as part of the second expansion of the Thermal Power Station-II (TPS-II) in Neyveli, about 200 km south of Chennai. The installed capacity of TPS-II will be1,470 MW, and the TPS-II expansion will be 500 MW.

Besides, an 800 MW coal-fired unit will also be established in Thoothukudi through NLC-Tamil Nadu Power (NTPL) -- a special purpose vehicle floated to execute a plant of 1,000 MW.

With regard to renewable energy, NLCIL has drawn up plans for solar power projects of 1,339 MW and wind power projects of 500 MW, all in Tamil Nadu.

NLCIL had decided to install in Sirkazhi 1,980 MW in the first phase at a cost of Rs 10,395 crore.

The Central authorities have allotted coal from Talabira–II & III blocks in Odisha for the project.

In Talabira, five units of 800 MW each, totalling 4,000 MW, will be put up and will be called the Odisha Pit Head Thermal Power Project.

The project requires almost 1,200 acre of land and the government had even given its nod for the acquisition.