Korba Thermal Power Station

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The Korba Thermal Power Station or Korba East Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired power station at Korba East in Chhattisgarh, India. The power station is owned and operated by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, publicly owned generation utility formed in 2009 following the restructuring of the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board. [1]

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The installed capacity of the power plant is 450 Megawatts (4x50 MW, 2x120 MW). [2]

Unit NumberCapacity (MW)StatusDate of Commissioning
150decommissioned1966 September [3]
250decommissioned1967 May
350decommissioned1968 March
450decommissioned1968 October
5120decommissioned1976 April
6120decommissioned1981 April

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References

  1. Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, "Thermal power stations" Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine , Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company website, accessed February 2012.
  2. "Page Title". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. "About Us". Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

Coordinates: 22°23′13″N82°40′55″E / 22.387°N 82.682°E / 22.387; 82.682