SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corp. based in east China's Shandong Province recently signed a contract with Vedanta Aluminium Limited of India.

Under the contract, the Chinese company will build a 639-million-U.S.dollar coal-fired power station for the Indian company.

The project is the largest power station Chinese companies have ever built for India, sources with the Shandong firm said.

The project, located in Jharsuguda of the State of Orissa, India, will provide power to an aluminium plant the Indian company is planning to build.

The project will be built in two stages. The first stage involves five generating units, each with a generating capacity of 135,000 kw. Another four units will be built during the second stage, the sources said.

Source: Xinhua