Reliance Power Ltd has achieved financial closure for its coal-fired Rosa power plant, after raising at least Rs2,400 crore from a consortium of domestic financiers for the second phase of the 1,200MW project at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The
The first phase of two units of 300MW each is expected to be commissioned in the last quarter of 2009. With lenders lined up, execution of the second phase also comprising two units of 300MW each will be faster as most of the
The second phase requires a total investment of roughly Rs 3,000 crore, which will be funded through a debt-equity ratio of 80:20, implying debt funding requirement of Rs 2,400 crore. It is expected to start commercial operations by the end of 2011. The total project cost of the thermal plant, the two phases put together, will come to Rs 6,000 crore.
A clutch of lenders has sanctioned the finances for the second phase of
This is the second financial closure for the company in as many months—the first was for the Sasan plant. So far, the company has bagged three of four ultra mega power projects put up for bidding by the government and has the largest development pipeline of power plants in the country.
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