After laying the foundation on Tuesday for the State’s first-ever gas-based power plant with a capacity of 370 MW in Yelahanka to cater exclusively to the needs of Bengaluru, the State government is considering expanding the project by setting up a second unit.
“We are thinking of a second unit, but the focus will be on quick completion of the first unit,” Energy Minister D. K. Shivakumar told reporters on the sidelines of the event.
The Rs. 1,571-crore gas-based power plant is being built on the premises of the now-defunct diesel-based power generation plant.
Water for Yelahanka tank
The power plant will utilise nine million litres a day of treated sewage water from around the region and release five million litres to the nearby Yelahanka tank, according to KPCL officials. The premises will be turned into a lung space for the neighbourhood by planting saplings on 33 acres, they added.
