Mundra Thermal Power energy Station | |
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Mundra Thermal Power Station from distance | |
Country | India |
Location | Mundra, Gujarat |
Coordinates | 22°49′22″N 69°33′10″E / 22.82278°N 69.55278°E / 22.82278; 69.55278 |
Status | Operational |
Owner | |
Operator | Adani Power |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 × 330 MW 5 × 660 MW |
Nameplate capacity | 4,620 MW |
External links | |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
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Mundra Thermal Power Station is located at Mundra in Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of Adani Power. The coal for the power plant is imported primarily from Bunyu, Indonesia. Source of water for the power plant is sea water from the Gulf of Kutch.
It is the world's 11th-largest single location coal-based thermal power plant as well as India's second largest operational power plant after NTPC Vindhyanchal.
Capacity
The plant has nine power generating units, unit# 5 to 9 involves super-critical boiler technology.
In July 2012 Adani Power have requested Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to increase the power tariff due to increase in price of coal imported from Indonesia.
Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning |
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1st | 1 | 330 | 2009 May |
1st | 2 | 330 | 2010 |
2nd | 3 | 330 | 2010 July |
2nd | 4 | 330 | 2010 Nov |
3rd | 5 | 660 | 2010 December |
3rd | 6 | 660 | 2011 June |
4th | 7 | 660 | 2011 October |
4th | 8 | 660 | 2012 |
4th | 9 | 660 | 2012 March |
Total | Nine | 4620 |
See also
References
- "Indonesian nightmare for Tata, Adani, JSW, Lanco". dna.
- "Mundra world's largest coal-fired pvt power plant". The Times of India.
- "Adani Power wants tariff revision for more power purchase agreements". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013.
- "First unit of Adani's Mundra power plant becomes operational". indianexpress.com.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - BS Reporter (31 July 2010). "Adani starts third unit of Mundra power plant". business-standard.com.
- "Adani Power synchronizes 4th 330 MW unit at Mundra". indiainfoline.com.
- "APL synchronises country's first supercritical power plant". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012.
- "Adani Power synchronises 2nd Supercritical power Unit of 660 mw at Mundra". wirecable.in.
- "Mundra World's Largest Coal-Fired Pvt Power Plant". Energy Tribune.
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