Tangedco takes up feasibility study for setting up gas turbine stations in north Chennai.

Tangedco has initiated a feasibility study to set up gas turbine power stations in north Chennai to generate 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The proposal to set up gas turbine stations was to make use of the natural gas pipeline infrastructure available from Ennore to Thoothukudi. The study is being taken up in the wake of Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji’s announcement in the Assembly in this regard.

A senior official of Tangedco said though the cost of gas was high at present, the power utility proposed to set up gas-based plants as part of its plans to generate clean energy. It will be making use of the vacant space where the old thermal stations were housed in Ennore along with the gas pipeline infrastructure facility of Indian Oil.

THE HINDU