Ukai Thermal Power Station

Ukai Thermal Power Station
Location of Ukai Thermal Power Station in Gujarat
Country India
Location Ukai, Tapi, Gujarat
Coordinates 21°12′36.5″N 73°33′26.23″E / 21.210139°N 73.5572861°E / 21.210139; 73.5572861Coordinates: 21°12′36.5″N 73°33′26.23″E / 21.210139°N 73.5572861°E / 21.210139; 73.5572861
Status Operational
Commission date Unit 1: March 1976
Unit 2: June 1976
Unit 3: January 1979
Unit 4: September 1979
Operator(s) GSECL
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal-fired
Power generation
Units operational 2 X 120 MW
2 X 200 MW
1 X 210 MW
Nameplate capacity 850 MW
Website
http://gsecl.in/

Ukai Thermal Power Station of the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, India, is a power station with an installed capacity of 850 MW. It is one of Gujarat's major coal-fired power plants, located on the bank of the Tapi river.

Power plant

Ukai Thermal Power Station is located on the banks of the Tapi because of the water resources, along with the hydro electric power plant with the same name.[1] Ukai TPS Unit-1 is the first power station unit in India with a capacity more than 100 MW.

Installed capacity

Stage Unit number Installed capacity (MW) Date of commissioning Status
Stage I 1 120 March 1976 Running
Stage I 2 120 June, 1976 Running
Stage I 3 200 January 1979 Running
Stage I 4 200 September, 1979 Running
Stage I 5 210 January 1985 Running

STEGE I || 6 || 500 || 2013 || Running

Ukai TPS unit-6 is under construction of 500 MW capacity and planned to COD during 2012-13. It will be the first unit in GSECL having a capacity more than 500 MW.

Transport

It is on the Jalgaon-Surat branch line of Western Railway. Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal.[2] For example, the Ukai Thermal Power Station consumed 3,200,000 tonnes of coal in 2006-07.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ukai Thermal Power Station". Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited.
  2. ↑ "Diagram of a typical coal-fired thermal power station" (PDF). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Coal supply to various power stations" (PDF). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Indian Railways, CIL to collaborate for additional coal transport capacity". Mining weekly.com, 14 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

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