Durgapur Thermal Power Station
Encyclopedia
Durgapur Thermal Power Station B is located near Waria Railway Station
, 5 km from Durgapur city in West Bengal
. The power plant is one of the coal
based power plants of DVC
Waria, India
Waria is a small locality in the Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. It is located between the townships of Durgapur and Andal. The river Damodar flows to its south. The Durgapur Steel Plant and the Durgapur Thermal Power Station of the Damodar Valley Corporation are close to the Waria...
, 5 km from Durgapur city in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
. The power plant is one of the coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
based power plants of DVC
Damodar Valley Corporation
The Damodar Valley Corporation, popularly known as DVC, is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India. The corporation came into being on July 7, 1948 by an Act of the Constituent Assembly of India . It is modelled on the Tennessee Valley Authority of the USA. Jawaharlal...
Power plant
Durgapur Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 350 MW. The First and second units of 75MW each were decommissioned in 1985..Installed capacity
| Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Comisioning | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1 | 75 | NA | Closed |
| First | 2 | 75 | NA | Closed |
| First | 3 | 140 | December, 1966 | Running |
| Second | 4 | 210 | September, 1982 | Running |
See also
- Chandrapura Thermal Power Station
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- Mejia Thermal Power StationMejia Thermal Power StationMejia Thermal Power Station is located at 35 km from Durgapur city in West Bengal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC...