Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant

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Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant
Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant
Location of the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant in Punjab
CountryIndia
Location Ropar, Punjab.
Coordinates 31°2′34.08″N76°35′5.64″E / 31.0428000°N 76.5849000°E / 31.0428000; 76.5849000 Coordinates: 31°2′34.08″N76°35′5.64″E / 31.0428000°N 76.5849000°E / 31.0428000; 76.5849000
StatusOperational
Commission date 1984
Operator(s) PSPCL
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units operational6
Nameplate capacity 1260.00 MW

Source:http://pspcl.in/index.htm/

Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Ghanauli near Ropar in Punjab. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of PSPCL. [1]

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Power plant

Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Station is situated near village Ghanauli on Ropar-Kiratpur Sahib National highway NH-21. It is about 12 km from Ropar and 55 km from Chandigarh. The plant has an installed capacity of 1260 MW. The first unit was commissioned in September, 1984. During March 1985, the second unit was commissioned and in later years four more units were added.

The station received the Incentive award for reducing fuel oil consumption in 1999.

The station also received the Shield and excellent performance by Prime minister of India during 1986-87 for achieving 70.08% PLF against then 53.2%. The plant has its source of water supply from Nangal Hydel Channel. The coal used mainly comes from mines in Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh from more than 50 sources called collieries

Installed capacity

It has an installed capacity of 1260 MW. But now total output left is 840 MW. The proposal to shut down the thermal power plant has been under consideration of the Government of Punjab. [2] Another proposal is to build five supercritical thermal power plants of 800 MW each, which will replace the existing power units. [3]

StageUnit NumberInstalled Capacity (MW)Date of CommissioningStatus
First1210September, 1984Not-Running
First2210March, 1985Not-Running
Second3210March, 1988Running
Second4210January, 1989Running
Third5210March, 1992Running
Third6210March, 1993Running

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References

  1. "Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant Ropar". Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "PSPCL mulls winding up Bathinda, Ropar plants". The Tribune. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. "Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd proposes an increase of 4160 MW". The Times of India. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.