GUWAHATI: Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has signed an MOU with Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Limited (AEGCL ) for construction of facilities for import of 120 MW power from 220 KV Grid owned by AEGCL.
The MoU was signed between chief general manager (project) NRL, A P Chakraborty and chief general manager, AEGCL, PK Medhi here on Monday in the presence of CGM(enior officials from both the organisations, a statement issued here on Tuesday, said.
The project includes drawing of 220 kV overhead power transmission lines of about 15km length and setting up of 220 KV Sub-Station near Numaligarh Refinery.
The MoU will facilitate uninterrupted power supply for seamless refinery operations.
It will also help meet the additional power requirement of almost 74 MW for NRL’s upcoming mega refinery expansion project from existing 3 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA.
With the development of transmission infrastructure, NRL will be able to purchase stable power instead of setting up captive plants which is more capital cost intensive.
This is also in compliance to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) guideline which encourages use of grid power instead of captive power, which bears a direct impact to the environment due to burning of fossil fuels in the power plant.