Talcher Super Thermal Power Station

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Talcher Super Thermal Power Station
Talcher Super Thermal Power Station
CountryIndia
Coordinates 21°5′18″N85°4′50″E / 21.08833°N 85.08056°E / 21.08833; 85.08056
StatusOperational
Commission date February 1995
Owner NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units operational6 × 500 MW
Make and model ABB
BHEL
Nameplate capacity 3,000 MW
External links
Website www.ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/talcher-kaniha

Talcher Super Thermal Power Station or NTPC Talcher Kaniha located in Angul district of the Indian state of Odisha is the first mega power plant of India to have an installed generation capacity of 3000MW. It is one of the coal-based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from Lingraj Block & Kaniha coal block of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. The source of water for the power plant is Samal Barrage Reservoir on Brahmani River.

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The plant supplies power to the Indian states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana, as well as Bihar and West Bengal. The East South Interconnection of the Indian power grid starts from NTPC Kaniha and ends at Kolar in Karnataka. This being a DC link is one of its kind in India as until now there are only three installed HVDC systems in India. The southern grid is weakly interconnected to the national grid of India through the Talcher–Kolar HVDC system in the east.

Capacity

StageUnit numberInstalled capacity (MW)Date of commissioning
1st15001995 February
1st25001996 March
2nd35002003 January
2nd45002003 October
3rd55002004 May
3rd65002005 February
TotalSix3000

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