Farakka Super Thermal Power Station | |
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Country | India |
Location | Nabarun, Murshidabad, West Bengal |
Coordinates | 24°46′21″N87°53′39″E / 24.77250°N 87.89417°E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | 1986 |
Owner(s) | National Thermal Power Corporation |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 6 |
Nameplate capacity | 2,100 MW |
External links | |
Website | www |
Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Nabarun in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The plant is one of the coal-based power plants of NTPC.
Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at 24°46′21″N87°53′39″E / 24.77250°N 87.89417°E .
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in a part of the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.
Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning |
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First | 1 | 200 | January, 1986 |
First | 2 | 200 | December, 1986 |
First | 3 | 200 | August, 1987 |
Second | 4 | 500 | September, 1992 |
Second | 5 | 500 | February, 1994 |
Third | 6 | 500 | April, 2012 |
Total | Six | 2100 |
A major coal mining project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (Rajmahal open cast project, a part of Rajmahal coalfield) is going on in Boarijore, Mahagama and Sunderpahari CD Blocks of Godda district in Jharkhand. [1] Rajmahal open cast project (earlier known as Lalmatia Colliery) supplies coal to the Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 2,340 MW Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station. [2] Coal import from Indonesia for Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant by Farakka Port and National Waterway 1 .Jindal ITF Limited coal carry by barge from Haldia Port to Farakka. [3]
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Farrakka Barrage Township is a census town in the Farakka CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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