Harduaganj Thermal Power Station
| Harduaganj Thermal Power Station | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | India |
| Location | Harduaganj, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 28°01′03″N 78°07′48″E / 28.01750°N 78.13000°E |
| Commission date | 1942 |
| Owner | Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1×660 MW 1x110 MW 2X250 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1270 MW |
Harduaganj Thermal Power Station is located at Qasimpur Power House Colony which is 1 km distance from Harduaganj railway station at Harduaganj in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 18 km from Aligarh and 105 km from Agra. It is the new electric power station established in Aligarh district; the old one is Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant located in Jawan Sikandarpur of Aligarh district.
The coal for this power plant is sourced from coal mines owned by BCCL and ECL and are transported to the power plant through rail line. The power plant is owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.
Operations
[edit]The plant has three stages, first two stages having 7 units capacity ranging between 30 MW to 55 MW were over three decade old and all are closed now. The machinery of currently functioning units are from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. The coal for all these units is fed from the coal mines of Bharat Coking Coal Limited and Eastern Coalfields Limited by means of the railways. This place is also known as Qasimpur Power House. It has two colonies for the employee resident, old colony and new colony and a main market known as dus dukan.
In 2008, Unit-5 of 60MW capacity, lying defunct since 1999, and renovated at a cost of 33 crore started generating power once again.[1] The same unit was closed and the capacity was deleted from UPRVUNL generation capacity in July 2017.
Capacity
[edit]Harduaganj Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 1270 MW.[2]
In July 2014 state government decided to add another unit of 660 MW to the power plant.[3] July 2015: The 660 MW unit has been constructed by Toshiba .[4] Thus it has achieved the capacity of 1270 MW
| Stage | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTPS | 60 | 1977 May | Deleted [5] |
| CTPS | 110 | 1978 August | Renovated and Running [6] |
| HTPS Extn. | 250 | 2012 February | Running |
| HTPS Extn. | 250 | 2013 October | Running |
| HTPS Extn. | 660 | 2022 January | Running [7] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 9 yrs after it was shut down, Harduaganj unit generates power again Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, 28 May 2008.
- ^ "Harduganj Thermal Power Station". UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Harduaganj power plant to get unit of 660 MW | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Info". uprvunl.org.
- ^ News Network, NetIndian. "BHEL renovates 110 MW unit at Harduaganj Thermal Power Station in UP". NetIndian.
- ^ "Power supply in UP to get 660 MW boost | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India.
