NTPC Dadri
{{short description|Thermal power plant in Dadri, India}}
{{one source|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox power station
|name = National Capital Power Station
|country = India
|location = Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
| image = NTPC Power Station - Aerial View - Dadri 2016-08-04 5757.JPG
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| image_caption = Aerial view of NTPC power station, Dadri
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| coordinates = {{coord|28|35|54|N|77|36|34|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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|status = O
|construction_began =
|commissioned = 1991
|decommissioned =
|cost =
|operator = NTPC
|th_fuel_primary = Coal-fired, gas-fired
|th_fuel_tertiary =
|ps_units_operational= 1820 MW coal
817 MW gas
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|extra = [https://www.ntpc.co.in/ www.ntpc.co.in]
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National Capital Power Station (NCPS) or NTPC Dadri is the power project to meet the power demand of National Capital Region (India). It has a huge coal-fired thermal power plant and a gas-fired plant and has a small township located in Uttar Pradesh, India for its employees. It is located in Gautam Budhh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh about 25 km from Ghaziabad and about 9 km from Dadri. It is nearly 48 km from New Delhi towards Hapur. The township has an area of about 500 acres over all. NTPC Dadri is a branch of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).{{Cite web |title=NTPC Dadri Power Plant |url=https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/ntpc-dadri-power-plant/}}
Capacity
NTPC Dadri is a unique power plant of NTPC group which has both coal based thermal plant and gas based thermal plant of 1820 MW and 829.78 MW respectively and a 5 MW solar plant totaling 2654.78 MW.
=Coal based=
The coal for the power plant is sourced from Piparwar Mines, Jharkhand. The source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.
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! Stage !! Unit number !! Installed capacity (MW) !! Date of commissioning | |||
rowspan="4"| 1st | 1 | 210 | 1991 October |
2 | 210 | 1992 December | |
3 | 210 | 1993 March | |
4 | 210 | 1994 March | |
rowspan="2"| 2nd | 5 | 490 | 2010 January |
6 | 490 | 2010 July | |
Total | Six | 1820 |
=Gas based=
The gas for the power plant is sourced from GAIL HBJ Pipeline. It also supports HSD as alternate fuel. The source of water for the power plant is the Upper Ganga Canal.
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! Stage !! Unit number !! Installed capacity (MW) !! Date of commissioning !! GT / ST | ||||
rowspan="6"| 1st | 1 | 130.19 | 1992 March | GT |
2 | 130.19 | 1992 May | GT | |
3 | 130.19 | 1992 June | GT | |
4 | 130.19 | 1992 November | GT | |
5 | 154.51 | 1993 February | ST | |
6 | 154.51 | 1993 March | ST | |
Total | six | 829.78 |
The total capacity is 2654.78 MW.
References
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External links
- [http://ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=303&Itemid=175&lang=en NTPC Dadri (coal)]
- [http://ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=312&Itemid=84&lang=en NTPC Dadri (gas)]
- [http://facebook.com/NTPCdadri Facebook page for NTPC Dadri]
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Category:Natural gas-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh
Category:Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh
Category:Gautam Buddh Nagar district