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Bhilwara Energy, MP govt in power pact

BHILWARA Energy Ltd and the Madhya Pradesh government have signed an MoU for setting up a 1,500 mw coal-based thermal power plant in the state with an investment of Rs 7,500 crore. The LNJ Bhilwara has earlier set up captive coal-based power plants for its own group companies. It is also setting up hydroelectrical power generation capacities of over 3,000 mw. The group also commissioned its first captive hydro power plant at Tawa, a 13.5 mw unit located in Madhya Pradesh in 1997 to feed its Graphite Electrodes production facilities.