Chennai power plant seeks more time to install emission-cutting equipment
The Tamil Nadu government-owned electricity generating company Tangedco has requested the power ministry to extend deadlines to install emission reducing fuel gas de-sulphurisation (FGD) systems in two units at its North Chennai power plant by another two years.
The additional time has been sought even after the timeline to comply with new power plant emission norms were extended to 2022 after the earlier deadline of December 2015 was missed.
While the company wants to extend the deadline for two of its units at the plant, Tangedco is waiting for the budgetary offer from BHEL for installing the pollution-cutting equipment in the remaining three units.
