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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Mauda power station''' is a 1,000-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India. (Alternative spelling: Mouda)
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Mauda (Mouda) power station''' is a 1,000-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India.  
  
 
A 1,320 MW expansion has been proposed.
 
A 1,320 MW expansion has been proposed.
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==Expansion==
 
==Expansion==
Two additional units of 660 MW each have been proposed. These are referred to by the Central Electricity Authority as Mouda Super Thermal Power Project II Units 3 and 4. They are projected to be commissioned in 2017.<ref name=ip>[http://ntpc.co.in/images/content/investors/AnalystMeet2013.pdf "NTPC Investor presentation,"] August 1, 2013.</ref> Construction on the units began in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://governancenow.com/news/regular-story/ntpc-starts-second-stage-mouda-power-plant |title=NTPC starts second stage of Mouda power plant |publisher=Governancenow.com |date=2013-01-05}}</ref>
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Two additional units of 660 MW each have been proposed. These are referred to by the Central Electricity Authority as Mouda Super Thermal Power Project II Units 3 and 4. They are projected to be commissioned in 2017.<ref name=ip>[http://ntpc.co.in/images/content/investors/AnalystMeet2013.pdf "NTPC Investor presentation,"] August 1, 2013.</ref>  
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Construction on the units began in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://governancenow.com/news/regular-story/ntpc-starts-second-stage-mouda-power-plant |title=NTPC starts second stage of Mouda power plant |publisher=Governancenow.com |date=2013-01-05}}</ref>
  
 
==Project Details==
 
==Project Details==

Revision as of 21:53, 5 September 2015

{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} Mauda (Mouda) power station is a 1,000-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India.

A 1,320 MW expansion has been proposed.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the power station in Mauda Tehsil.

Background on existing power station

Mauda power station is a 1000 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station of National Thermal Power Corporation in Maharashta, India. The first 500 MW unit was commissioned on April 19, 2012[1] The second 500 MW unit was commissioned in March 2013.[2][3]

Expansion

Two additional units of 660 MW each have been proposed. These are referred to by the Central Electricity Authority as Mouda Super Thermal Power Project II Units 3 and 4. They are projected to be commissioned in 2017.[4]

Construction on the units began in 2013.[5]

Project Details

Sponsor: National Thermal Power Corporation
Location: Mouda Tehsil, Nagpur district, Maharashtra
Coordinates: 21.1807403, 79.3965411 (exact)
Status:

  • Phase I, Units 1 & 2: Operating (2012-2013)
  • Phase II, Units 3 & 4: Construction

Capacity:

  • Phase I: 1000 MW (Units 1 & 2: 500 MW)
  • Phase II: 1320 MW (Unit 3 & 4: 660 MW)

Type: Supercritical
Projected in service: Units 3 and 4: 2017
Coal Type:
Coal Source:
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing:
Permits and applications:

Resources

References

  1. ALL INDIA REGIONWISE GENERATING INSTALLED CAPACITY (MW) OF POWER UTILITIES INCLUDING ALLOCATED SHARES IN JOINT AND CENTRAL SECTOR UTILITIES, Central Electricity Authority, April 30, 2012
  2. National Thermal Power Corporation, "Future Capacity Additions", National Thermal Power Corporation website, accessed June 2010.
  3. "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country" Government of India Ministry of Power, August 2013.
  4. "NTPC Investor presentation," August 1, 2013.
  5. NTPC starts second stage of Mouda power plant. Governancenow.com (2013-01-05).

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