Paras Thermal Power Station

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Paras Thermal Power Station
Paras Thermal Power Station
CountryIndia
LocationParas, Akola, Maharashtra
Coordinates 20°43′07″N76°48′00″E / 20.718548°N 76.800056°E / 20.718548; 76.800056
StatusOperational
Commission date 1961
Operator(s) Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units operational4
Nameplate capacity 500 MW [1]
External links
Website www.parastps.co.in

"Paras Thermal Power Plant" is oldest power plant in the world, located at Paras, in the Akola district of Maharashtra. The power plant is a coal based power plant operated by Mahagenco.

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Power plant

Paras Thermal Power Station is the oldest of all Mahagenco Power plants. The station has witnessed the third generation technology. The station had 30 MW installed capacity in 1961 with a stroke boiler. The same unit was abandoned in 1993 due to ageing. [2] [ third-party source needed ]

Installed capacity

StageUnit NumberInstalled Capacity (MW)Date of CommissioningStatus
Stage I1301961Abandoned
Stage I262.51967Abandoned
Stage II32502008 MarchRunning
Stage II42502010 AugustRunning

Transport

It is on the Nagpur–Bhusawal section of Central Railway. Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal. [3] For example, the Paras Thermal Power Station consumed 351,000 tonnes of coal in 2006–07. [4] Around 80 per cent of the domestic coal supplies in India are meant for coal based thermal power plants and coal transportation forms 42 per cent of the total freight earnings of Indian railways. [5]

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References

  1. "Installed Capacity". Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd.
  2. "Paras Thermal Power Plant". Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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