Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station

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{{Short description|Coal-fired power plant in Madhya Pradesh, India}}

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{{Infobox power station

| name = Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station

| name_official = NTPC Vindhyachal

| image = VSTPS.jpg

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| location_map_caption = Location of the Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station

| coordinates = {{coord|24|5|50|N|82|40|25|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| country = India

| location = Waidhan, Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh

| status = O

| construction_began = 1982

| commissioned = 1987 (Stage I) to 2015 (Stage V)

| decommissioned =

| cost =

| owner = NTPC

| operator =

| th_fuel_primary = Coal

| th_fuel_secondary =

| th_fuel_tertiary =

| ps_units_operational = 6 × 210 MW
7 × 500 MW
2 × 4 MW HYDRO
15 MW SOLAR

| ps_units_manu_model = LMZ
Electrosila
BHEL

| th_cogeneration =

| th_combined_cycle =

| ps_electrical_capacity = 4,783 MW

| ps_electrical_cap_fac =

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The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the coal-fired power stations of NTPC, it is the largest power station in India, and the 10th-largest coal-fired power station in the world, with an installed capacity of 4,760 MW.{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/ntpcs-vindyachal-plant-largest-power-generating-station/articleshow/49569128.cms|title=NTPC's Vindyachal plant largest power generating station|newspaper=The Economic Times |date=28 October 2015 }} The coal for the power plant is sourced from the Nigahi mines, and the water is sourced from the discharge canal of the Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station.{{Cite web|title=Vindhyachal Coal based power station|url=http://www.ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/vindhyachal|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412052813/http://www.ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/vindhyachal|archive-date=2018-04-12|access-date=2018-04-12|website=NTPC}} The power plant is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the second-most carbon dioxide in 2018, after Bełchatów Power Station, at 33.9 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.485 kg per kWh.{{Cite journal|last1=Grant|first1=Don|last2=Zelinka|first2=David|last3=Mitova|first3=Stefania|date=2021|title=Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-polluting power plants|journal=Environmental Research Letters|volume=16 |issue=9 |page=094022 |language=en|doi=10.1088/1748-9326/ac13f1|issn=1748-9326|doi-access=free}}

The electricity is consumed in the following states: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli.