Coal-Fired Plants in India - Chhattisgarh & Orissa

Bhilai
Location: Chhattisgarh
Operator: NTPC-SAIL Power Co (P) Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 250 MW
Operation: 2008-2009
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
EPC: BHEL
Quick facts: This plant was built to supply electricity to the Bhilai Steel Works and other SAIL units. Excess output is sold into India's Western Grid. Unit-1 went commercial on 22 Apr 2009, followed by Unit-2 on 21 Oct 2009.

Photograph courtesy of NTPC-SAIL Power Co (P) Ltd
Posted 14 Feb 2010

 

Hirakud Smelter
Location: Orissa
Operator: Hindalco Industries Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 67.5 MW, 3 X 100 MW
Operation: 1994-2008
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier:  ISGEC John Thompson, ThyssenKrupp Industries India
T/G supplier: BHEL
Quick facts: The Hirakud smelter and power complex is located in Sambalpur Dist on the banks of the world’s longest earthen dam, the 25.8km Hirakud Dam spanning the Mahanadi river. The Hirakud smelter, set up by Indal in 1959, was the country’s second aluminium smelter operating on power sourced from the hydro power station of the Hirakud Dam. In 1993, Indal built India’s first CFB captive power plant. Three more steam sets were added starting about 10yrs later, each supplied by three CFB boilers.

Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 11 Nov 2009

Kharagprasad
Location: Orissa
Operator: Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 30 MW
Operation: 2003
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: ??
Quick facts: The plant supplies a ferro-alloys plant and sells surplus power to a local distribution company. A 64-MW unit is being added to the site.

Photograph courtesy of Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd
Posted 22 Jun 2007

O P Jindal
Location: Chhattisgarh
Operator: Jindal Power Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 250 MW
Operation: 2007-2008
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
EPC: BHEL
, Punj Lloyd
Quick facts: This is the largest coal-fired IPP in India. A second phase with 4 X 600-MW units is on order. The plant is named after Om Prakash Jindal, the late founder of O P Jindal Group. The associated mine is the largest in the private sector and it has a 6mn tpy coal washery, also the largest in the country. The facility has a 7km overland covered conveyor from the mine facility, the longest in India. The tie-line to the grid is a 258km, double-circuit 400kV installation built in 1.5yrs. It was built without any joint-venture with PowerGrid Corp.

Photograph courtesy of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd
Posted 31 Oct 2009

Pathadi-I
Location: Chhattisgarh
Operator: Lanco Amarkantak Power Pvt Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 300 MW
Operation: 2009-2010
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Dongfang
T/G supplier: Dongfang
EPC: MMC Corp, Shapoorji Palonji
Quick facts: In Feb 2004, Lanco Amarkantak Power issued an RFQ for the EPC contract for its proposed 250-MW coal-fired plant at Pathadi village in Korba District. In the event, two 300-MW sets were ordered from Dongfang. The first unit came online about 2yrs past the original schedule. Total cost of Phase-I was about $275mn. The project has a 400kV switchyard and a 32km, 400kV tie-line to PGCIL’s 400kV Korba-Seepat line. Phase-II is to consist of 2 X 660 MW supercritical sets.

Photograph by V A Chakrarthy (Panoramio)
Posted 2 Jun 2010

Raigarh
Location: Chhattisgarh
Operator: Jindal Steel and Power
Configuration: 2 X 21 MW, 2 X 55 MW
Operation: 1994-2004
Fuel: waste coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL, DDIT

Photograph courtesy of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd
Posted 1 Feb 2004

 

Rourkela Phase-II
Location: Orissa
Operator: NTPC-SAIL Power Co (P) Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 60 MW
Operation: 1987-1988
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Rafako
T/G supplier: BHEL
Quick facts: This is the second phase of a captive power plant at Rourkela Steel Works. Operations were taken over by NTPC-SAIL power in March 2001.

Photograph courtesy of NTPC-SAIL Power Co (P) Ltd
Posted 14 Feb 2010

Talcher STPS
Location: Orissa
Operator: National Thermal Power Corp Ltd
Configuration: 6 X 500 MW
Operation: 1995-2006
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Stein, BHEL
T/G supplier: ABB, BHEL
EPC: Fouress, Tata Projects
Quick facts: This is India's second largest power plant. Fuel is mainly from Coal India Ltd’s Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd. Talcher was originally established by the Government of Orissa and subsequently sold to NTPC. However, the entire power generated from TTPS is dedicated to the State.

Photograph courtesy of BHEL
Posted 25 Jun 2007

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 06/02/10

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