Obra Thermal Power Station

Obra Thermal Power Station is located in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 13 km (8.1 mi) from Chopan Railway Station and about 125 km (78 mi) from Varanasi. The power plant is owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.

Operations

There are thirteen functioning units, all of which are coal-fired thermal power stations. The machinery for the most of the units are from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. The last unit of 200 MW was commissioned in 1982.

Capacity

Obra Thermal Power Station has a generating capacity of 1288 MW and an auxiliary bus charged from 3*33 mW hydro power plant.

Stage	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status
1	50	1967 August	Running ^[1]
1	50	1968 March	Running
2	100	1974 December	Running
2	100	1976 January	Running
3	200	1978 March	Running
3	200	1979 March	Running
3	200	1980 March	Running
4	200	1981 May	Running
4	200	1982 July	Running

Future expansion

There is plan to add two units of 660 MW each to the power plant.^[2]

References

http://www.uprvunl.org/obra.htm

Power stations and organizations of Uttar Pradesh

Power Stations	Anpara Thermal Power Station Bara Thermal Power Station Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant Ghatampur Thermal Power Station Karchana Thermal Power Station Harduaganj Thermal Power Station Lalitpur Thermal Power Station Meja Thermal Power Station Narora Atomic Power Station NTPC Auraiya NTPC Dadri NTPC Tanda Obra Thermal Power Station Panki Thermal Power Station Parichha Thermal Power Station Renusagar Power Plant Rihand Thermal Power Station Rosa Thermal Power Plant Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station

Organizations	National Thermal Power Corporation Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Nuclear Power Corporation of India PowerGrid Corporation of India Power System Operation Corporation Limited

Related topics	Electricity sector in India States of India by installed power capacity Indian states ranking by households having electricity

Coordinates: 24°26′43″N 82°58′48″E / 24.4454°N 82.9801°E / 24.4454; 82.9801

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