ELECTRICITY IN INDIA:
Wind Power: As of 31 March 2014 the installed capacity of wind power in India was
21136.3 MW, mainly spread across Tamil Nadu (7253 MW), Gujarat (3,093 MW), Maharashtra (2976 MW), Karnataka (2113 MW), Rajasthan (2355 MW), Madhya Pradesh (386 MW), Andhra Pradesh (435 MW), Kerala (35.1 MW), Orissa (2MW), West Bengal (1.1 MW) and other states (3.20 MW).
It is estimated that 6,000 MW of additional wind power capacity will be
installed in India by 2014. Wind power accounts for 8.5% of India's total
installed power capacity, and it generates 1.6% of the country's power. India's
wind atlas is available.
Thermal Power:
Jharsuguda
Thermal Power Plant, Odisha
Jharsuguda Thermal Power Plant, in the Jharsuguda
district of Odisha, is currently the tenth largest thermal power plant operating in
India. It is a 2400MW coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Sterlite
Energy, a 100% subsidiary of Vedanta Resources.
The power plant is installed with four 600MW units.
The first generating unit was commissioned in August 2010. The fourth unit was
commissioned in March 2013. The coal used by the plant is sourced from the IB
Valley coal field in the Jharsuguda district.
The Jharsuguda
Thermal Power Plant was built with an estimated investment of $1.3bn. The SEPCO III Electric Power Construction
Company of China was the EPC contractor for this thermal power project.
Korba Super
Thermal Power Plant, Chhattisgarh
Korba Super Thermal Power Plant located in the Korba
district of Chhattisgarh, with 2600MW of installed capacity, also ranks as the seventh largest
thermal power plant in India. It is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated
by NTPC.
The power plant built in three phases comprises of
seven generating units (three 200MW units and four 500MW units). The first unit
of the Korba thermal power plant was commissioned in March 1983. The last 500MW
unit at the plant was commissioned in December 2010.
The power plant
uses coal from Kusmundha and Gevra mines in the Korba Coalfield. The water
source of the plant is Hasdeo River, a tributary of Mahanadi River.
The 4,620MW Mundra Thermal Power Station located in
the Kutch district of Gujarat is currently the largest operating thermal power plant in
India. It is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Adani Power.
The power plant consists of nine generating units
(four 330MW units and five 660MW units). The first 330MW unit was commissioned
in May 2009 and the last 660MW unit of the plant commissioned in March 2012.
The coal used for the power plant is mainly imported from Indonesia. The
plant's water source is the sea water from the Gulf of Kutch.
The boilers and generators for the first four units
were supplied by Babcock & Wilcox and Beijing Beizhong respectively. SEPCO
III, China
was the EPC contractor for the last five 660MW units, which feature
super critical technology.
The boilers were
supplied by Harbin Boiler and the turbine and generators were supplied by
Dongfang Machinery.
The 4,000MW Mundra Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP), also
located in the Kutch district of Gujarat, ranks as the third largest thermal power
plant in India. It is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Coastal
Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), a subsidiary of Tata Power.
The thermal power plant consists of five generating
units, each of 800MW capacity. Construction of the plant began in March 2009.
The first unit of the Mundra UMPP was commissioned in
March 2012 and the last unit was commissioned in March 2009. The plant uses 12
billion tonnes of imported coal per annum.
The plant
features super-critical boiler technology. Doosan Heavy Industries &
Construction was the EPC contractor for this project. The five boilers for the
plant were also supplied by Doosan. Toshiba supplied the steam turbine
generators.
Vindhyachal
Thermal Power Station, Madhya Pradesh
Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station in the Singrauli
district of Madhya Pradesh, with an installed capacity of 4260MW, ranks as the second biggest
thermal power plant in India. It is a coal-based power plant owned and operated
by NTPC.
The power plant comprises of 12 generating units (six
210MW units and six 500 MW units). Construction of the plant began in 1982. The
first unit was commissioned in 1987 and the last 500MW was commissioned
recently in April 2013.
The plant uses coal from the NCL-operated Nigahi mine
and water from the discharge canal of Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station.
The turbine manufacturers for the Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station include
Russian companies LMZ, Electrosila and the Indian BHEL. The 500MW units were
supplied by BHEL.
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