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'''Coordinates:''' 17.622611, 80.696855<br>
 
'''Coordinates:''' 17.622611, 80.696855<br>
 
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*Unit 1: 114 MW
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*Unit 2: 150 MW
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*Unit 3: 150 MW<br>
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'''Status:'''
 
*Unit 1: Operating
 
*Unit 1: Operating
 
*Unit 2: Operating (2013)
 
*Unit 2: Operating (2013)
 
*Unit 3: Pre-permit development<br>
 
*Unit 3: Pre-permit development<br>
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'''Type:''' [[Subcritical]]<br>
*Unit 1: 114 MW
 
*Unit 2: 150 MW
 
*Unit 3: 150 MW<br>
 
'''Type:''' <br>
 
 
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'''Coal Source:''' <br>
 
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==Resources and articles==
 
==Resources and articles==

Revision as of 18:32, 4 March 2014

{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}} Paloncha power station is a 114-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. An additional 150 MW was added in 2013, and another 150 MW has been proposed.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the Paloncha power station.

Background

Paloncha power station is an existing 114 megawatt (MW) coal plant in Andhra Pradesh, India, operated by Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd.

Details of expansion

In April 2011, the company announced that it intended to build an additional 150 MW unit at the same location by December 2012, and a second 150 MW expansion unit if coal linkages could be secured.[1]

The first 150 MW addition was commissioned and synchronized with the state power grid on Feb 28, 2013.[2]

Project Details

Sponsor: Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd
Location: Paloncha, Khamman district, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates: 17.622611, 80.696855
Nameplate capacity:

  • Unit 1: 114 MW
  • Unit 2: 150 MW
  • Unit 3: 150 MW

Status:

  • Unit 1: Operating
  • Unit 2: Operating (2013)
  • Unit 3: Pre-permit development

Type: Subcritical
Projected in service:

  • Unit 2: 2013
  • Unit 3:

Coal Source:
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing:

Resources and articles

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References

  1. "Nava Bharat Dharmavaram power project fails to take off," Infra News, April 26, 2011
  2. "Nava Bharat Energy India Limited (NBEIL)," Nava Bharat Energy website, accessed March 2014.

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