Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station
The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the coal-fired power stations of NTPC, it is the largest power station in India, and the 10th largest coal-fired power station in the world, with an installed capacity of 4,760 MW. The coal for the power plant is sourced from the Nigahi mines, and the water is sourced from the discharge canal of the Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station. The power plant is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the second most carbon dioxide in 2018, after Bełchatów Power Station, at 33.9 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.485 kg per kWh.
The electricity is consumed in the following states: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli.
Capacity
Stage | Unit | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning |
---|---|---|---|
I | 1 | 210 | October 1987 |
2 | 210 | July 1988 | |
3 | 210 | February 1989 | |
4 | 210 | December 1989 | |
5 | 210 | March 1990 | |
6 | 210 | February 1991 | |
II | 7 | 500 | March 1999 |
8 | 500 | February 2000 | |
III | 9 | 500 | July 2006 |
10 | 500 | March 2007 | |
IV | 11 | 500 | June 2012 |
12 | 500 | March 2013 | |
V | 13 | 500 | August 2015 |
Total | 4760 MW |
References
- ^ "NTPC's Vindyachal plant largest power generating station". The Economic Times. 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Vindhyachal Coal based power station". NTPC. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Grant, Don; Zelinka, David; Mitova, Stefania (2021). "Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-polluting power plants". Environmental Research Letters. 16 (9): 094022. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac13f1. ISSN 1748-9326.