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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 was one of the first-large-scale power plants 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. The small units 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 commissioned 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: Shanghai, 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 |
Ratnagiri
Location: Karnataka
Operator: JSW Energy Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 300 MW
Operation: 2010
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Shanghai
T/G supplier: Shanghai
EPC: EDAC Engineering, SEW Constructions, Sunil HiTech Engineers
Quick facts: In Aug 2007, JSW Energy closed on Ratnagiri Phase-I in
Ratnagiri district. This Rs4,500cr project will burn about 4.1mn tpy of
imported coal. Power evacuation will be via two 400kV lines to Koyna and
two more to Karad. MOEF clearance was received in Nov 2007.
Photograph courtesy of JSW Energy Ltd
Posted 3 Apr 2010
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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 |
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Wardha Warora
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: KSK Energy Ventures Pvt Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 135 MW
Operation: 2010-2011
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: Dongfang
T/G supplier: Dongfang, Harbin
EPC: Sichuan Electric Power Designing & Consulting Co Ltd
Quick facts: In May 2007, KSK closed on the first phase of its Wardha
Warora project in Chandrapur district. The foundation stone was laid
shortly thereafter. Steel maker Viraj Profiles has a 25yr PPA for the
entire 270 MW for captive use. KSK has a coal supply agreement with the
Gujarat Mining Development Corp, which will supply coal from a captive
coal block in Chhattisgarh. The Rs 2,416cr plant began commissioning in Q1
2010.
Photograph courtesy of KSK Energy Ventures Pvt Ltd
Posted 24 Apr 2010 |
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