Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project

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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}} The Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project is a 1,600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station under development by NTPC in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the plant in Gadarwara tehsil.

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Background

An earlier proposal was for setting up 4 × 660 MW coal-based plants, but was later reduced to 2 × 800 MW units covering 1350 acres. The projected coal requirement is 7.5 million tonnes a year (MTPA), with plans to obtain the coal from the Talaipalli coal block. Water requirement of 4675m3/hr will be sourced from the Narmada river through a pipeline at a distance of about 30 km from the project site.[1]

Construction began in March 2014.[2]

The project has a proposed commissioning date of 2018-2019.[3][4][5]

Unit 1 was commissioned on October 13, 2018.[6]

Project Details

Sponsor: NTPC
Location: Gangai, Umaraiya, Mehrakheda and Chorbarheta villages in Gadarwara tehsil, Narsinghpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 22.8617522, 78.8661289 (exact)
Status: Operating (Unit 1), Construction (Unit 2)
Capacity: 1,600 MW (Units 1-2: 800 MW)
Type:
Start year: 2018 (Unit 1), 2019 (Unit 2)
Coal Type: 3900 kcal/kg[1]
Coal Source: Talaipalli coal block[1]
Estimated annual CO2:
Source of financing:
Permits: Environmental Clearance, India MoEF, March 22, 2013

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