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"| 1st12101991 October
22101992 December
32101993 March
42101994 March
rowspan="2"| 2nd54902010 January
64902010 July
TotalSix1820

=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"| 1st1130.191992 MarchGT
2130.191992 MayGT
3130.191992 JuneGT
4130.191992 NovemberGT
5154.511993 FebruaryST
6154.511993 MarchST
Totalsix829.78

The total capacity is 2654.78 MW.

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