Durgapur Thermal Power Station
| Durgapur Thermal Power Station দুর্গাপুর তাপবিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র दुर्गापुरताप विद्युत केंद्र | |
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| Country | India |
| Location | Durgapur, Burdwan, West Bengal |
| Coordinates | 23°31′52″N 87°15′01″E / 23.5311°N 87.2503°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1966 |
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| Owner(s) | DVC |
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| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal-fired |
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| Units operational | 350.00 MW |
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| External links | |
| Website | http://www.dvcindia.org/ |
Durgapur Thermal Power Station 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.
Power plant
DTPS was set up in the sixties of last century with two 75 MW units and one 140 MW unit in the first stage. Another 210 MW unit was added to the plant in the early eighties to augment supplies to the growing industrial demand. The first 2 units of the Station had to be de-commissioned after a fire accident in 1985.[1]
Installed capacity
| Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning | Status |
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| First | 1 | 75 | NA | Closed |
| First | 2 | 75 | NA | Closed |
| First | 3 | 140 | December, 1966 | Running |
| Second | 4 | 220 (Output 210) | September, 1982 | Running |
U#3 has ABL make boilers and GE make turbine-generators, while U#4 has boiler, turbine and generator are of BHEL make.
See also
References
- ^ "Durgapur Thermal Power Station". Damodar Valley Corporation.
