Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station

Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station
Location of Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station in Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
Location	Shaktinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates	24°06′19″N 82°42′23″E / 24.105168°N 82.706384°ECoordinates: 24°06′19″N 82°42′23″E / 24.105168°N 82.706384°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1986
Owner(s)	NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	Stage - I: 5x 200 MW Stage -II: 2x 500 MW
Nameplate capacity	2000 MW
Website http://www.ntpc.co.in/

Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC.^[1][2] It sources coal from Jayant and Bina mines and water from Rihand Reservoir. The states benefitting from this power plant are Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh. An investment worth ₹11907 million (US$180 million) has already been cleared. It even gets international assistance from IDA.^[3]

Capacity

The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning
1st	1	200	1982 February
1st	2	200	1982 November
1st	3	200	1983 March
1st	4	200	1983 November
1st	5	200	1984 February
2nd	6	500	1986 December
2nd	7	500	1987 November
Total	Seven	2000

References

1. List of NTPC owned Coal based power plants (in order of date of commission)
2. History of NTPC
3. NTPC Singrauli Details