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Bellary
Location: Karnataka
Operator: Karnataka Power Corp Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 500 MW
Operation: 2008
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
EPC: BHEL
Quick facts: The first 500-MW unit of BTPS cost Rs 2,120 crore and was
commissioned on 3 Nov 2008 at the site near Kudatini Village, 22km from
Bellary. The unit zero date was 29 Dec 2003. Estimated cost of power is Rs
2.20/kWh and annual generation is expected by be about 3,500 GWh. The unit connects to the 400kV grid at Davangere Substation. The stack is 275m
tall. Fuel is from a captive block of Western Coal Fields Ltd.
Photograph courtesy of Karnataka Power Corp Ltd
Posted 8 Nov 2008 |
Bhusawal
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 55 MW, 2 X 210 MW
Operation: 1968-1982
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Cekop, BHEL
T/G supplier: Siemens, BHEL
Quick facts: This power station is 8km from Bhusawal City and 450km from
Mumbai. Unit-1 was derated to 55 MW from 62.5 MW in Apr 2007.Two more 500-MW sets
are under construction for service in 2010/11. Cooling water is from the
Tapi River.
Photograph courtesy of Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd
Posted 3 Feb 2010 |
Chandrapur
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 210 MW, 3 X 500 MW
Operation: 1983-1997
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: ACC Vickers Babcock Ltd,
Combustion Engineering, BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL, Siemens
EPC: Development Consultants Pvt Ltd
Quick facts: This mine-mouth power station is 6km from Chandrapur
Town in far western Maharashtra. The foundation stone for the first phase
was laid on 16 Jan 1977 and Unit-1 was commissioned in Aug 1983, followed
by Unit-2 in Jul 1984. The station was dedicated to the nation on 8 Oct 1984 by
PM Indira Gandhi. The plant is the terminus of a 400kV
double-circuit line from NTPC’s Korba STPS and originally the Chandrapur
station had 3 X 400kV circuits delivering up to 1,200 MW of power to
Mumbai. ABB and BHEL subsequently built a 1,500-MW, 500kV HVDC line on the
route Chandrapur-Padghe. The 753km link was commissioned in 1999 thereby
allowing more efficient utilization of Chandrapur and facilitating the
development of two more 500-MW sets now in planning.
Photograph courtesy of
maharashtra.bsnl.co.in
Posted 10 Jan 2009 |
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Dahanu
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: Reliance Energy
Configuration: 2 X 250 MW
Operation: 1996
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
EPC: Development Consultants Pvt Ltd, BHEL
Quick facts: These were the first 250-MW BHEL sets in India. The 275m
stack was the tallest in India at completion. Two 600-MW units are in
planning for the site
Photograph courtesy of
Reliance Energy
Posted 19 May 2004 |
Khaperkheda-I Phase 2
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: Maharashtra State Electricity Board
Configuration: 3 X 30 MW
Operation: 1960-1964
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Siemens
Quick facts: This is the oldest power plant in the state with 3 X 10 MW
sets commissioned and handed over to the nation by India's first President
Dr. Rajendra Prasad on 27 Dec 1950. These were scrapped in 1976. The 30-MW
units were retired in Jun 1991.
Photograph courtesy of Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd
Posted 3 Feb 2010 |
Khaperkheda-I Phase 2
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 210 MW
Operation: 1989-2001
Fuel: bituminous coal, oil
Boiler supplier: Combustion
Engineering, BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
EPCr: BHEL
Quick facts: The first unit of the new Khaperkhed plant was commission on
26 Mar 1989. The plant has been putting out about 6 TWH/yr. A 500-MW unit
is in construction.
Photograph courtesy of Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd
Posted 3 Feb 2010 |
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Raichur
Location: Karnataka
Operator: Karnataka Power Corp Ltd
Configuration: 7 X 210 MW
Operation: 1985-2003
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL, Siemens
EPC: TCE Consulting Engineers, Mysore
Construction, Gammon India
Quick facts: Raichur was developed per a 1978 MOU with TCE
Consulting Engineers who were consultants for the first two stages. The
300ha site is on the Krishna River in Raichur Dist about 500km from
Bangalore. Unit-1 was completed in Mar 1985 and Unit-2 a year later.
Construction of Unit-3 was started in 1986 and completed in Mar 1991 while
Unit-4 was started in 1989 and completed in Sep 1994 These four units cost
about Rs 13,860mn. In 1996, three more units were started and these cost
Rs 15,450mn. Unit-7 was completed in a then-record 25mos at the end of
2002. An eighth 250-MW set is under construction and two 500-MW units are
planned. About 7mn tpy of coal is delivered from Singareni Collieries,
Western Coalfields Ltd. and Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd and station output is
about 10 TWh/yr, up to 40% of the state’s electricity requirement. Unit-4
was financed by Japan’s ODA.
Photograph courtesy of
Gammon India Ltd
Posted 15 Nov 2008 |
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Trombay
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: Tata Electric
Configuration: 1 X 150 MW, 2 X 500 MW, 1 X 180 MW CC
Operation: 1965-1993
Fuel: coal, natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: CE, BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL, GE, Siemens
Quick facts: Trombay has India's first 500-MW generating unit and the
country's first FGD system.
Photograph courtesy of Tata Electric
Posted 23 Mar 2002 |
