Coal-Fired Plants in India - other states

 

 

Badarpur
Location: Delhi
Operator: NTPC 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

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

Kahalgaon
Location: Bihar
Operator: NTPC Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 210 MW, 3 X 500 MW
Operation: 1992-2008
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: Podoloski, BHEL
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electorsila, BHEL
EPC: Technopromexport
Quick facts: Kahalgaon is on the Ganga River and uses coal from the  Rajmahal fields of Easten Coalfields Ltd. Electricity is sent out to Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Sikkim, and West Bengal. Unit-5 was synchronized on 31 Mar 2007 and went commercial on 1 Aug 2008.

Photograph courtesy of Ministry of Power
Posted 9 Aug 2008

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: NTPC 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

Talcher STPS
Location: Orissa
Operator: NTPC 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

Singrauli
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Operator: NTPC Ltd
Configuration: 5 X 210 MW, 2 X 500 MW
Operation: 1982-1987
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: CE, BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL, Siemens
Quick facts: The approved investment for Singrauli was Rs 1190.69 crore. The site is on Rihand Reservoir in
Sonebhadra Dist. Some funding was from IDA and KfW.

Photograph courtesy of Gammon Power Ltd
Posted 15 Nov 2008

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

Unchahar
Location: Uttar Pradesh
Operator: NTPC 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

Vindhyachal
Location: Madhya Pradesh
Operator: NTPC Ltd
Configuration: 6 X 210 MW, 4 X 500 MW
Operation: 1987-2007
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Taganrog, BHEL
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila, BHEL
EPC: TPE, Electrosila, BHEL
Quick facts: This is the largest power plant in India.

Photograph courtesy of Sarkaritel.com
Posted 30 Jun 2007

Abbreviations

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

Updated 07/04/09

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