Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station

Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station
Location of the Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station
Official nameNTPC Vindhyachal
CountryIndia
LocationWaidhan, Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates24°5′50″N 82°40′25″E / 24.09722°N 82.67361°E / 24.09722; 82.67361
StatusOperational
Construction began1982
Commission date1987 (Stage I) to 2015 (Stage V)
OwnerNTPC
Operator
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational6 × 210 MW
7 × 500 MW
2 × 4 MW HYDRO
15 MW SOLAR
Make and modelLMZ
Electrosila
BHEL
Nameplate capacity4,783 MW
External links
Websitentpc.co.in/vindhyachal

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

The electricity is consumed in the following states: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli.[1]

Capacity

NTPC Vindhyachal[2]
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
Solar 15
Hydro 2 × 4
Total 4783 MW

References

  1. ^ a b "NTPC's Vindyachal plant largest power generating station". The Economic Times. 28 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Vindhyachal Coal based power station". NTPC. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ 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.


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