Paras Thermal Power Station
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{{Infobox power station
| name = Paras Thermal Power Station
| image =
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| country = India
| location = Paras, Akola, Maharashtra
| status = O
| operator = Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco)
| th_fuel_primary = Coal
| th_fuel_tertiary =
| ps_units_operational = 4
| ps_electrical_capacity = 500 MW{{cite web|url=http://www.parastps.co.in/|title=Installed Capacity|publisher=Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd.}}
| commissioned = 1961
| website = {{URL|http://www.parastps.co.in/}}
| coordinates = {{coord|20.718548|76.800056|region:IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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"Paras Thermal Power Plant" is located at Paras, in the Akola district of Maharashtra. The power plant is a coal based power plant operated by Mahagenco.
Power plant
Paras Thermal Power Station is the oldest of all Mahagenco Power plants. The station has witnessed the third generation technology. The station had 30 MW installed capacity in 1961 with a stroke boiler. The same unit was abandoned in 1993 due to ageing.{{cite web|url=http://www.parastps.in/|title=Paras Thermal Power Plant|publisher=Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd.|access-date=21 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922084456/http://www.parastps.in/|archive-date=22 September 2012|url-status=dead}}{{Third-party source-inline|date=August 2023}}
Installed capacity
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! Stage !! Unit Number !! Installed Capacity (MW) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status | ||||
| Stage I | 1 | 30 | 1961 | Abandoned |
| Stage I | 2 | 62.5 | 1967 | Abandoned |
| Stage II | 3 | 250 | 2008 March | Running |
| Stage II | 4 | 250 | 2010 August | Running |
Transport
It is on the Nagpur–Bhusawal section of Central Railway. Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal.{{cite web | url = http://www.citizenscoalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TypicalCoalFiredPowerPlant.pdf | title = Diagram of a typical coal-fired thermal power station | publisher = | accessdate = 21 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140211074958/http://www.citizenscoalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TypicalCoalFiredPowerPlant.pdf | archive-date = 11 February 2014 | url-status = dead }} For example, the Paras Thermal Power Station consumed 351,000 tonnes of coal in 2006–07.{{cite web | url = http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/yearly/thermal_perfm_review_rep/0607/Section-9.pdf | title = Coal supply to various power stations | accessdate = 21 April 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090331/http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/yearly/thermal_perfm_review_rep/0607/Section-9.pdf | archivedate = 31 May 2014 | df = dmy-all }} 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.{{cite web| url = http://www.miningweekly.com/article/indian-railways-cil-to-collaborate-for-additional-coal-transport-capacity-2013-02-14 |title = Indian Railways, CIL to collaborate for additional coal transport capacity| publisher= Mining weekly.com, 14 February 2013| accessdate = 21 April 2013}}
Famous personalities
- Paras is home town of Shivdeep Lande (IPS) and Dr. Niyaz Ahmed (Scientist)
References
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Category:20th-century architecture in India
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