Raj West Power (RWPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSW Energy is planning to set up a two million tpa cement plant and a 100 MW non-conventional energy unit in Rajasthan.

The cement plant will be set up by utilising fly ash generated from our Barmer power project and limestone from Jaiselmer along with operational and maintenance (O&M) services in the state. Besides, the company will set up100 MW power generating facility using non-conventional energy sources like solar and wind.

RWPL's 1,000 MW thermal power plant at Barmer to be set up with an investment of Rs.5,000 crore is expected to be operational by October 2008. A major part of the 1,186 acres land required for the power project has already been acquired and site activities have commenced.

The company will go for a further expansion of power generation capacity of the power plant, which is located at Bhadresh in Barmer, by 500 MW in the second phase.