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Ukai Thermal Power Station

Coordinates: 21°12′36.5″N 73°33′26.23″E / 21.210139°N 73.5572861°E / 21.210139; 73.5572861
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Ukai Thermal Power Station
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CountryIndia
LocationUkai, Tapi, Gujarat
Coordinates21°12′36.5″N 73°33′26.23″E / 21.210139°N 73.5572861°E / 21.210139; 73.5572861
StatusOperational
Commission dateUnit 1: March 1976
Unit 2: June 1976
Unit 3: January 1979
Unit 4: September 1979
OperatorGSECL
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational2 X 120 MW
2 X 200 MW
1 X 210 MW
1 X 500 MW
Nameplate capacity1,35 0 MW
External links
Websitegsecl.in

Ukai Thermal Power Station of the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, India, is a power station with an installed capacity of 1,110 MW. It is one of Gujarat's major coal-fired power plants, located on the bank of the Tapi river.

Power plant

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Ukai Thermal Power Station is located on the banks of the Tapi because of the water resources, along with the hydroelectric power plant with the same name.[1] Ukai TPS Unit-1 is the first power station unit in India with a capacity more than 100 MW.

Installed capacity

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Stage Unit number Installed capacity (MW) Date of commissioning Status
Stage I 1 120 March 1976 Retired from service
Stage I 2 120 June, 1976 Retired from service
Stage I 3 200 January 1979 Running
Stage I 4 200 September, 1979 Running
Stage I 5 210 January 1985 Running
Stage I 6 500 2013 Running

Ukai TPS unit-6 was first unit in GSECL having a capacity more than 500 MW.[1]

Transport

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It is on the Jalgaon-Surat branch line of Western Railway. Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal.[2] For example, the Ukai Thermal Power Station consumed 3,200,000 tonnes of coal in 2006–07.[3] Around 80 per cent of the domestic coal supplies in India are meant for coal based thermal power plants and coal transportation forms 42 per cent of the total freight earnings of Indian railways.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GSECL". Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Diagram of a typical coal-fired thermal power station" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Coal supply to various power stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Indian Railways, CIL to collaborate for additional coal transport capacity". Mining weekly.com, 14 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.