Chandrapura Thermal Power Station

Chandrapura
Location of the Chandrapura Thermal Power Station in Jharkhand
Country	India
Location	Chandrapura, Jharkhand
Coordinates	23°44′23.8″N86°06′46.3″E / 23.739944°N 86.112861°E / 23.739944; 86.112861
Status	Operational
Commission date	Unit 1: October 1964 Unit 2: May 1965 Unit 3: July 1968 Unit 4: November 2011 Unit 5: July 2011 Unit 7&8
Decommission date	Unit 1: 13 January 2017 Unit 2 : 30 July 2017 Unit 3,4,5,6
Operator	Damodar Valley Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Bituminous coal
Power generation
Units operational	2 X 250 MW U#7&8
Nameplate capacity	500 MW
External links
Website	www.dvc.gov.in/Chandrapura.htm

Chandrapura Thermal Power Station is a thermal power plant located in Chandrapura Town in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The power plant is operated by the Damodar Valley Corporation Central Government Owned with jharkhand Government And West Bengal Government. It has two units with a total installed capacity of 500 MW(2×250 MW); both burn pulverised coal. ^[1]

Capacity

Chandrapura Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 500 MW. The plant has 2 units under operation. The individual units has the generating capacity as follows:

Unit No.	Generating Capacity	Commissioned on
U#1	130 MW	October 1964; retired on 13 Jan 2017
U#2	130 MW	May 1965; retired on 30 Jul 2017
U#3	130 MW	July 1968 retired
U#7	250 MW	November 2011
U#8	250 MW	July 2011 [2]

References

1. "Damodar Valley Corporation". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
2. "Damodar Valley Corporation". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-03-19.

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