Orissa power projects attract 20 bidders

As many as 20 power generating companies have put in their initial bids for executing the 4,000-Mw ultra mega power project in Orissa.

Included among them are, including Tata, Adani, Essar group and NTPC.

“Twenty companies have shown interest in setting up the 4,000 Mw UMPP at Bedabahal in Orissa,” according to the first round of bid which was opened, sources in the know said.

The other companies which have submitted bids are L&T, JSW Energy, Nalco, Welspun Energy, AES India, Torrent Power, Jindal Power, GVK Energy Ventures, Lanco Hydro Power Ventures, GMR Energy, Senator Energy, Jaiprakash Power Ventures, Gujarat Paguthan Energy Corporation, CESC, Jindal Power, Sterlite Energy, Essar Group firm Vadinar Power Company and Aditya Birla Power Venture.

The UMPP at Orissa is the fifth in the series. So far, four UMPPs have been awarded, with Reliance Power bagging three– Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Tilaiya in Jharkhand. Tata Power is executing the fourth one at Mundra in Gujarat.

The Power Ministry plans to set up 16 UMPPs over a period of time to tide over the electricity shortage in the country.