Thirteen companies have submitted their request for qualifications (RfQs) to Power Finance Corporation for the 4,000 MW Tilaiya Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) in Jharkhand.

The companies which submitted their RfQs include Larsen & Toubro, Lanco Infratech, Reliance Power, Sterlite, Tata Power, AES, Dian Wijaya (Malaysia), Torrent Power, Essar, GVK, Citra, NTPC and Jindal Steel & Power. The request for proposals (RfPs) is likely to be invited by 14 December 2007 and the entire bidding process will to get over by March 2008.

The project will be implemented by a shell company - Jharkhand Integrated Power Limited. The project to be spread over 4,000 acre of land will source coal from the north Kerandary coal mines, which has a capacity of 900 million tonnes. The power from the proposed project will be distributed to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar and Jharkhand.

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Government to re-invite RfQs for Tilaiya UMPP (19-Sep-07)

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