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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}} '''Amravati Thermal Power Project''' is a coal plant under construction in Maharashtra, India.
==Location==
==Background==
'''Amravati Thermal Power Project''' is a 2670 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station which is currently under construction. The first unit of 270 MW was completed on March 25, 2013.<ref name=braod/> The project, which is owned by [[Indiabulls Power]] Ltd, comprises five 270 MW units with a further 1320 MW under development.<ref name=Indiabulls>[http://www.indiabulls.com/power/thermal.htm Thermal Power Project: Amravati,] Indiabulls website, accessed November 2012</ref> The power station is being built at Nandgaonpeth, Amravati district, Maharashtra.
According to the Central Electricity Authority, Phase II consists of five units of 270 MW each, rather than two units of 660 MW each as described by Indiabulls.<ref name=broad>[http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/proj_mon/broad_status.pdf Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country,] Central Electricity Authority, September 2012August 2013</ref><br>
The company states that "coal linkage has been granted and letters of assurance from [[South Eastern Coalfields]] Ltd. (SECL), [[Western Coalfields]] Ltd. (WCL) and [[Mahanadi Coalfields]] Ltd. (MCL) have been issued."<ref>Indiabulls Power, [http://www.indiabulls.com/power/amravati.htm "Amravati Thermal Power Project"], Indiabulls Power website, accessed November 2011.</ref>
'''Location:''' Nandgaonpeth, Amravati district, Maharashtra<br>
'''Coordinates:''' 21.024339, 77.822969 (approximate)<br>
'''Status:''' Phase I, Unit 1: commissioned March 25, 2013; Phase I, Units 2-5: Construction; Phase II: Construction<br>
'''Nameplate capacity:''' Phase I: 1350 MW (five units, each 270 MW); Phase II: 1350 MW (five units, each 270 MW)<br>
'''Type:''' Phase I: [[subcritical]]; Phase II: [[supercritical]]<ref name=Indiabulls/><br>
===External articles===
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