The Government is looking at the option of upgrading existing power plants into larger capacity Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) using clean technology and to offer them in plug and play mode, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. The minister's comment come a day after Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power terminated the contract for 36,000 crore Tilaiya UMPP in Jharkhand over inordinate delays in land acquisition.
“We are looking at using the existing infrastructure (power plants) to upgrade to larger capacity, cleaner technology, better technology supercritical plant. It will help us to offer UMPPs in plug and play mode,” Goyal said at a CII event. On the Tilaiya project, he said: “The action is as per the contract entered into by the Govt and UMPP developer. So I leave that action for the Government department to decide.”