Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant

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Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant
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Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant
CountryIndia
Location Bathinda
Coordinates 30°14′04″N74°55′32″E / 30.2345°N 74.9255°E / 30.2345; 74.9255
StatusOperation ceased [1]
Owner Punjab State Power Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Turbine technologyThermal
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a view of thermal plant from NH 15 Bathinda thermal plant.jpg
a view of thermal plant from NH 15

The Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant at Bathinda [2] was one of the three coal-fired thermal power stations in Punjab (the other being at Lehra Mohabat and Ropar [3] ). It was a medium-sized power station with four units that were begun to be built in early 1970s and completed in 1982. All total generate up to 460 MW (2x110+2x120 MW) of power that meets the irrigation needs of lower Punjab. [4] Having generated electricity to meet the power demand of Punjab, the thermal plant shut down indefinitely on September 27, 2017.

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The plant was named after the first Sikh guru and founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak.

Capacity

It had an installed capacity of 440 MW. All four units ceased operations in September 2017 [5]

Unit No.Generating CapacityCommissioned onStatus
1110 MW1974 SeptemberClosed [6]
2110 MW1975 SeptemberClosed [7]
3120 MW1978 MarchClosed [7]
4120 MW1979 JanuaryClosed [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "bathinda: Bathinda thermal plant shuts down | Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ↑ "Guru Nanak Thermal Plant". Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Power Problems
  4. ↑ Thermal Plant and Bathinda's History [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Sirhindi, Manish (28 September 2017). "Punjab Shuts Down Its Oldest Thermal Plant". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant Bhatinda". pspcl.in. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 "Punjab shuts down its oldest thermal plant | Amritsar News - Times of India". The Times of India.


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