Khargone Super Thermal Power Station | |
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Official name | Khargone Super Thermal Power Station |
Country | India |
Location | Selda, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh |
Coordinates | 22°3′25″N75°50′38″E / 22.05694°N 75.84389°E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date |
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Operator | NTPC |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 |
Nameplate capacity | 1320 MW |
Khargone Super Thermal Power Station is a coal-based thermal power project, located at village Selda and Dalchi in Khargone district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. [1] It is the country's first super critical thermal power plant. The Khargone plant operates at an efficiency of 41.5 per cent, which is 3.3 per cent higher than the conventional super-critical ones, with steam parameters of 600 degree Celsius temperatures and 270 kg per centimeter square pressure.
The high efficiency results in less coal consumption for generating same amount of electricity with respect to super critical plants and will result in the reduction of 3.3 per cent carbon dioxide emissions.
Central Industrial Security Force guards this power station.
The project site is about 105 km from Indore, 50 km from Khargone ,35 km from Gogawa shahar, and 30 km from Sanawad town. The site is approachable from Sanawad on Indore – Khandwa State Highway through PWD road, from Bediya on Khargone - Sanawad road and another approachable from Makarkheda on Mhow - Khargone State Highway 01. The nearest railway station is Sanawad on Indore – Khandwa section is about 32 km. [2]
Stage | Unit number | Capacity (MW) | Date of commissioning | Status | Make & model |
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1st | 1 | 660 | 30 August 2019 | Operational | L&T |
1st | 2 | 660 | 04 April 2020 | Operational | L&T |
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