Summary
Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station is a power station located at Kudgi village of Basavana Bagewadi Taluq in Bijapur district, Karnataka in Indian state of Karnataka. This is one of the coal based thermal power plants of NTPC Limited.
| Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station | |
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| Official name | NTPC Kudgi |
| Country | India |
| Location | Bijapur, Karnataka |
| Coordinates | 16°30′00″N 75°50′00″E / 16.50000°N 75.83333°E |
| Status | Commissioned |
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| Owner(s) | NTPC Limited |
| Operator(s) | NTPC Limited |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Secondary fuel | Light Diesel Oil |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 3 |
| Nameplate capacity | 2400;MW |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
The coal for the plant will be derived from NTPC's Pakhri Barwadih coal block in Jharkhand.
The Construction Power required for stage-1 erection was drawn from M/s Hescom (Hubli Electricity Supply Company) through 2 no. of dedicated 33kV OH lines from Basavana Bagewadi and Mattihal substations of Hescom.
The water source is from reservoir of Almatti Dam which is constructed on Krishna River.[1]
Capacity edit
Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project will have an installed capacity of 4000 MW (3x800 MW in first stage and 2x800 MW in second stage). Doosan Power systems India Pvt Ltd will supply Steam Generator for the plant & Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd will supply super-critical steam turbine and generator and L&T Howden will supply Axial fans to NTPC for the plant.[2]
| Stage | Unit Number | power (MW) | Date of Commissioning | Status |
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| 1st | 1 | 800 | 2016 Dec | Commissioned [3] |
| 2 | 800 | 2017 March | Commissioned [4] | |
| 3 | 800 | 2018 March | Commissioned.[5] | |
| 2nd | 4 | 800 | Yet to be approved | |
| 5 | 800 | Yet to be approved |
References edit
- ^ "National Thermal Power Corporation Limited | Hydroelectricity Power Distribution Company". NTPC.co.in. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Toshiba JSW to supply steam turbine for NTPC's Kudgi power project | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ Market, Capital (26 December 2016). "NTPC commissions Unit- I of 800 MW of Kudgi STTP" – via Business Standard.
- ^ Market, Capital (23 March 2017). "NTPC commissions 2nd unit of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station" – via Business Standard.
- ^ "2nd unit of NTPC project at Kudgi begins commercial operation". 5 January 2018 – via The Economic Times.
External links edit
- Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project at SourceWatch