Khargone Super Thermal Power Station

Khargone Super Thermal Power Station is a coal-based thermal power project, located at village Selda and Dalchi in Khargone district in Indian State of Madhya Pradesh.[1] It is the country's first ultra-super critical thermal power plant. The Khargone plant operates at an efficiency of 41.5 per cent, which is 3.3 per cent higher than the conventional super-critical ones, with steam parameters of 600 degree Celsius temperatures and 270 kg per centimeter square pressure.

Khargone Super Thermal Power Station
Official nameKhargone
Super Thermal Power Station
CountryIndia
LocationSelda, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates22°3′25″N 75°50′38″E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 30 August 2019
Operator(s)NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational1
Nameplate capacity1320 MW

The high efficiency results in less coal consumption for generating same amount of electricity with respect to super critical plants and will result in the reduction of 3.3 per cent carbon dioxide emissions.


Central Industrial Security force guards this power station. Cisf unit get induction in NTPC Khargone on 4 August 2020

The project site is about 105 km from Indore and about 30 km from Sanawad town. The site is approachable from Sanawad on Indore – Khandwa State Highway through PWD road. Nearest Railway Station is Sanawad on Indore – Khandwa meter gauge section is about 32 km.[2]

Installed capacity
StageUnit NumberCapacity (MW)Date of CommissioningStatus Make & Model
1st166030 August 2019Operational L&T
1st266004 April 2020Operational L&T

References
  1. "Environmental Clearance to 2x660 W Khargone Super Critical Thermal Power Project at Village Selda and Dalchi, Khargone District, Madhya Pradesh by M/s. NTPC Ltd". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. "Pre-Feasibility Report For Khargone STPP : Stage-I (2X660 MW) : District- Khargone, Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Environmentclearance.nic.in. Retrieved 26 June 2015.


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