Coal-Fired Plants in India

 

 

Badarpur
Location: Delhi
Operator: National Thermal Power Corp Ltd
Configuration: 3 X 100 MW, 2 X 210 MW
Operation: 1973-1981
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL, DDIT

Photograph courtesy of Ministry of Power
Posted 12 May 2004

Beawar Works
Location: Rajasthan
Operator: Shree Cement Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 18 MW
Operation: 2003
Fuel: lignite, pet coke
Boiler supplier: Thermax
T/G supplier: Shin Nippon, TD Power Systems
EPC:
Development Consultants Ltd, SBP Projects & Consultancy, Thermax
Quick facts: This captive power plant with CFB boilers was built in 17mos..

Photograph courtesy of Shree Cement Ltd
Posted 22 Jul 2007

Bokaro
Location: Jharkhand
Operator: Damodar Valley Corp
Configuration: 4 X 45 MW, 3 X 210 MW
Operation: 1953-1993
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: CE, Babcock Power, BHEL
T/G supplier: AEG, GE, MAN, BHEL

Photograph courtesy of Ministry of Power
Posted 12 May 2004

 

Dadri (NCTPP)
Location: Delhi
Operator: National Thermal Power Corp Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 210 MW
Operation: 1991-1994
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: CE, BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL

Photograph courtesy of Ministry of Power
Posted 12 May 2004

Dahanu
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: Reliance Energy
Configuration: 2 X 250 MW
Operation: 1996
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
Quick facts: These were the first 250-MW BHEL sets in India. The 275m stack was the tallest in India at completion.

Photograph courtesy of Reliance Energy
Posted 19 May 2004

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

Raigarh
Location: Chhattisgarh
Operator: Jindal Steel and Power
Configuration: 2 X 21 MW, 2 X 55 MW, 1 X 130 MW CHP
Operation: 1994-2007
Fuel: waste coal, blast-furnace gas
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL, DDIT
Quick facts: Three larger units hav CFB boilers. A 1,000-MW merchant power station is under construction at the site.

Photograph courtesy of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd
Re-posted 30 Apr 2008

Rihand 1&2
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Operator: National Thermal Power Corp Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 500 MW
Operation: 1988-1989
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: ICL
T/G supplier: GEC
Quick facts: Two more 500-MW sets were added in 2005.

Photograph courtesy of Ministry of Power
Posted 12 May 2004

Sabarmati
Location:
Gujarat
Operator: Ahmedabad Electric Co Ltd
Configuration: 3 X 110 MW, 1 X 125 MW
Operation: 1979-2003
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL

Photograph courtesy of US Energy Association
Posted 3 Feb 2002

Surat
Location:
Gujarat
Operator: Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL)
Configuration: 2 X 125 MW
Operation: 1999-2000
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
Quick facts: GIPCL was formed by Gujarat Electricity Board (now Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL)), Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Lt (GSFC), Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd (GACL), and Petrofils Co-operatives Ltd. Surat was built as an IPP with its own captive mines and has a power purchase agreement with GUVNL. Two more 125-MW sets are under construction and two 250-MW units are planned. All blocks have or will have CFB boilers.

Photograph courtesy of Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd
Posted 12 Sep 2007

Suratgarh
Location: Rajasthan
Operator: Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd
Configuration: 5 X 250 MW
Operation: 1998-2003
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
EPC: Development Consultants Private Ltd, BHEL
Quick facts: Cooling water is supplied via a 1.2km channel from the Indira Gandhi Canal. Unit-2 synchronized in 20.5 months, then an all-India record.

Photograph courtesy of BHEL
Posted 31 Dec 2005

 

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 Limited’s Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd.

Photograph courtesy of BHEL
Posted 25 Jun 2007

 

Tau Devi Lal 7&8
Location: Haryana
Operator: Haryana Power Generation Corp
Configuration: 2 X 250 MW
Operation: 2004-2005
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL
Quick facts: This plant is also known as Panipat.  Units 7&8 were commissioned within 34 months of the contract award, a new record for India.

Photograph courtesy of BHEL
Posted 3 Aug 2005

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

Photograph courtesy of Tata Electric
Posted 23 Mar 2002

Unchahar
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Operator: National Thermal Power Corp Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 210 MW
Operation: 1988-1999
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: Siemens, BHEL
Quick facts: A fifth 210-MW unit is under construction for service in 2006 as Unchahar Stage III.

Photograph courtesy of BHEL
Posted 26 Feb 2005

Abbreviations:  BHEL = Bharat Heavy Electrical Industries, CE = Combustion Engineering, GE = General Electric, GEC = General Electric (UK), DDUT = Demag Delaval Industrial Turbomachinery, ICL = International Combustion Ltd, IPP = independent power plant, T/G = turbine generator

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

Updated 04/30/08

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