Tuticorin Thermal Power Station

Tuticorin Thermal Power Station
Location of the Tuticorin Thermal Power Station in Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Location	Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates	8°45′51″N 78°10′36″E / 8.76417°N 78.17667°ECoordinates: 8°45′51″N 78°10′36″E / 8.76417°N 78.17667°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	Unit 1: July 9, 1979 Unit 2: December 17, 1980 Unit 3: April 16, 1982 Unit 4: February 11, 1992 Unit 5: March 31, 1991
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Bituminous coal
Power generation
Units operational	5 × 210 MW
Nameplate capacity	1,050 MW

Tuticorin Thermal Power Station (Tamil: தூத்துக்குடி அனல் மின் நிலையம் ) is a power plant situated near newport of Thoothukudi on the sea shore of Bay of Bengal, Southern India.

It has 5 units with a total installed capacity of 1,050 MW and spread over 160 hectares (400 acres). All the unit are coal based. Coal is transported by sea through ship Haldia, Paradeep, Vizag Port to TTPS.^[1][2]

References

1. "Tuticorin Power Station" (PDF). tangedco.gov.in.
2. "TTTPS". infraline.com.

External links

• http://www.infraline.com/power/State/Tamilnadu/TuticorinTPS.aspx
• http://www.tangedco.gov.in/linkpdf/tttps.pdf