Directory: 6 MW RPPL biomass based power plant

GENERAL INFORMATIONRithwik Power Projects Ltd. (hereafter denominated as RPPL) is a biomass based power project with an installed capacity of 6,000 KW, located in Tekulapalli village of Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh. The plant is in operation since the 22nd of November 2002. Since its commissioning date, the plant has been facing many technical and economical difficulties which have led its previous owners to stop running the plant in May 2006. The low efficiency of the plant combined to an increase of the biomass price and to the unilateral decrease of the electricity rate by APTRANSCO, has made the operation of the plant quite unprofitable. Expecting carbon revenue, Velcan Renewable Energy Private Limited took over RPPL on 30th October 2006. Velcan Renewable Energy Private Limited is a subsidiary of VELCAN ENERGY, which is a multinational clean energy company specialized in electricity generation and in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

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