Mauda power station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}} Mauda (Mouda) power station is a 2,320-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India, consisting of 2 x 500 MW Units and 2 x 660 MW Units.
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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. Construction on the units began in 2013.[4] They are projected to be commissioned in 2016-2017.[5][6]
In March 2016 it was reported that although units 1-2 at the plant were idled due to lack of demand, unit 3 would be commissioned that month.[7] It was commissioned in May 2016.[8]
Unit 4 was commissioned in March 2017.[9]
Project Details
Sponsor: National Thermal Power Corporation
Location: Mouda Tehsil, Nagpur district, Maharashtra
Coordinates: 21.1807403, 79.3965411 (exact)
Status:
- Units 1-4: Operating
Capacity:
- Phase I: 1000 MW (Units 1 & 2: 500 MW)
- Phase II: 1320 MW (Unit 3 & 4: 660 MW)
Type: Supercritical
Projected in service: 2012 (Unit 1), 2013 (Unit 2), 2016 (Unit 3), 2017 (Unit 4)
Coal Type:
Coal Source:
Source of financing:
Permits and applications:
- Phase I, Units 1 & 2: Environmental Clearance, India MoEF, January 25, 2008
- Phase II, Units 1 & 2: Environmental Clearance, India MoEF, December 30, 2010
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References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ National Thermal Power Corporation, "Future Capacity Additions", National Thermal Power Corporation website, accessed June 2010.
- ↑ "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country" Government of India Ministry of Power, August 2013.
- ↑ NTPC starts second stage of Mouda power plant. Governancenow.com (2013-01-05).
- ↑ "NTPC Investor presentation," August 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country," Government of India Ministry of Power, March 2016
- ↑ Ashish Roy, "Two units idle, but NTPC will start 3rd one at Mouda," Times of India, Mar 4, 2016
- ↑ "BHEL commissions 660 MW power plant in Maharashtra," greentechlead.com, May 14, 2016
- ↑ "Broad Status Report," India Central Electrical Authority, March 2017
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