Apollo Tyres has decided to establish a 2 x 7.5 megawatt coal-based thermal power plant in its Oragadam facility near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Through this plant company will become self sufficient for its power requirements for critical equipments.
The company has an installed capacity to produce 550 tonnes of passenger vehicles and truck-bus radial tyres per day at this facility. The proposed coal-based Cogen plant will improve the overall efficiency and will reduce the pollution resulting from a separate power generation and process steam generation.
