Rihand Thermal Power Station
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| Rihand Thermal Power Station |
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 Location of Rihand
Thermal Power Station in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| Location | Rihandnagar, Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1988 |
| Owner(s) | NTPC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | coal-fired |
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| Units operational | 6×500 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 3000 MW |
| Website www.ntpc.co.in |
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Rihand Thermal Power Station is located at Rihandnagar in Sonbhadra district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC
Power plant
Rihand Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 3000 MW. The First unit was commissioned in March 1988. The coal for the plant is derived from Amlori and Dudhichua mines. The water source is from Rihand Reservoir which is constructed on Son river.[1]
Installed capacity
| Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning | Status |
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| 1st | 1 | 500 | 1988 1 March | Running |
| 1st | 2 | 500 | 1989 July | Running |
| 2nd | 3 | 500 | 2005 January | Running |
| 2nd | 4 | 500 | 2005 September | Running |
| 3rd | 5 | 500 | 2012 May [2] | Running |
| 3rd | 6 | 500 | 2013 October | Running [3] |
NTPC Rihand is situated 75 km away from Renukoot railway station. By personal cab or public transport bus, one can reach rihandnagar. Local market outside NTPC township is Bijpur. If one is interested in a bit bigger market, one has to go to Waidhan which is 30 km away from Rihandnagar.
See also
- Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station
- Badarpur Thermal power plant
- NTPC Dadri
- Feroj Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant
- Tanda Thermal Power Plant
- Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station
- Korba Super Thermal Power Plant
- Sipat Thermal Power Plant
- NTPC Ramagundam
- Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant
- Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station
- Farakka Super Thermal Power Stat Talcher Super Thermal Power Station
- Talcher Thermal Power Station
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/announcements/ntpc-starts-unit-vi500-mwrihand-thermal-power-project_965488.html
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