Madras cements to set up wind mills, thermal power plant
Madras Cements Ltd (MCL) has commissioned a 38MW (MW) capacity captive
thermal power plant at its Alathiyur unit in Tamil Nadu. It is
investing Rs110 crore in expanding captive power generation capacity to
100 percent of requirements at its other units. It is adding windmills
to increase captive power generation by 12 megawatts for its RR Nagar
unit in Tamil Nadu. It is setting up a seven-MW capacity thermal plant
at its Jayantipuram unit in Andhra Pradesh. The Company is getting
seven megawatts of power from AP Gas Power Corporation (APGPC) to meet
50 percent of the power requirement of the unit. It has invested Rs23
crore in APGPC. MCL expects to increase cement production from 3.6Mt in
2004-2005 to 4.5Mt in 2005-2006.