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The existing power station comprises 4 x 210MW units and 3 x 500MW units.<ref name="Installed"/>
Units 1-2 were retired in 2016.<ref>[http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/others/planning/pdm/chandrapur_retirement.pdf "Retirement of old & inefficient thermal units by supercritical units- Decommissioning & retirement of Mahagenco's 2*210MW units -1 & 2 of CSTPS Chandrapur,"] India CEA, Oct 21, 2016</ref>
==Expansion==
According to the India Ministry of Power, Unit 9 is planned for June 2015,<ref>[http://www.mahagenco.in/index.php/projects "Projects,"] Maharashtra State Power Generation Company website, accessed April 2015</ref> later pushed to January 2016.<ref>[http://powermin.nic.in/upload/loksabhatable/pdf/LS23072015_Eng.pdf "Supply of coal to Power Plants,"] India Ministry of Power, July 23, 2015</ref> It was commissioned in March 2016.<ref>[http://cea.nic.in/reports/monthly/broadstatus/2016/broad_status-03.pdf "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country,"] Government of India Ministry of Power, March 2016</ref>
==Project details for 1000 MW expansionUnits 8-9==
'''Sponsor:''' [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company]]<br>
'''Location:''' Chandrapur village, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra<br>
'''Coordinates:''' 20.0063,79.29 (exact)<br>
'''Status:''' Operating<br>
'''Capacity:''' 31,340 000 MW(Units 8&9: 500 MW)<br>
'''Type:''' <br>
'''Projected in service:''' 2015 (Unit 8), 2016 (Unit 9)<br>
