{{stub}}{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}}'''Khaperkheda TPS Unit 5power station''' is a proposed an existing 1340-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Maharashtra, India.
==Location==
The project plant is located on the site of the existing Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station north of Nagpur in Maharashtra.{{#display_point:21.2818, 79.116|width=500600|height=400500|type=normalhybrid|zoom=817}}
==Background==
'''Khaperkheda TPS Unit 5''' is a 500 megawatt expansion of the [[Khaparkheda Thermal Power Station]], a power station owned by the Maharashtra government owned company [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]] (MSPGCL).has four units:<ref name="Installed">Maharashtra State Power Generation Company, [http://www.mahagenco.in/INSTALLED-CAPACITY-01.shtm "Installed Capacity"], Maharashtra State Power Generation Company website, accessed November 2011.</ref>* Unit 1 - 210 MW - 1989* Unit 2 - 210 MW - 1990* Unit 3 - 210 MW - 2000* Unit 4 - 210 MW - 2001* Unit 5 - 500 MW - 2011The plant is owned by the Maharashtra government owned company [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]] (MSPGCL).
According to the India Central Electricity Authority, the plant Unit 5 was "commissioned successfully (Full load)" in August, 2011.<ref>[http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/monthly/executive_rep/aug11/8.pdf "India Central Electricity Authority Monthly Report,"] India Central Electricity Authority, August 2011.</ref>