JSW ENERGY-A COOL PICK

JSW ENERGY Ltd is originally promoted by Sajjan Jindal 

Group and  Belgium based Tractebel S.A in 1994.Later 

in 2001 Tractebel sold its stake and exited from 

the company.It started commercial production of 

power in the year 2000 and now it has two thermal

power plants with a total capacity of 860 MW.

These two plants are in vijayanagar ,Karnataka and 

one of these  can run with dual fuel(gas and coal)

and the other one is coal based.

It also have another 1200 MW capacity plant under 

construction at Rathnagiri which is expected to fully

operational by October 2010.Another 1080 MW capacity 

Lignite based plant is also under construction 

(Raj West Power) in Barmer ,Rajastan which is expected

to fully commissioned in the beginning of 2011.

Some of the other plants-RWPL Phase 2 (270MW by 2013,)

Kutehr Hydro power project(240 MW by 2015), 

Chhattisgarh (1320 MW by 2014)Maharastra

(3020 MW Coal based), West Bengal(1600 MW coal based),

Jharkhand(1620 MW) are also under various phase of 

implementation. For most of the projects which are 

going to be commissioned in near future ,company 

already signed power purchase agreements .

To part finance its various projects company came

out with an IPO in December

2009 and collected 2143 crore. To ensure the supply 

of coal for its various project company already signed 

agreements with various agencies mainly with Sungai 

Belati Coal, Indonesia. Company also formed another  

joint venture company with Toshiba Corporation  in the

name of Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator Private

Limited.This company is meant for the design,

engineering, manufacture, assembly and sale of

sub-critical and super-critical steam turbines

and generators which will 

range in capacity from 500 MW to 1,000 MW.

                     Major risk of project execution

is applicable to JSWEL as in the case of any 

large project. But considering the facts that, 

it already implemented and started production from

some of its plants  and the experience got from it 

along with the  strength of the group gives 

sufficient confidence in this company. Also ,

the commissioning of its  various projects 

in near future gives revenue 

visibility which is a major positive for the company. 

Investors expecting low risk with steady return can 

BUY JSW Energy at current market price of Rs.115/-