Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station

Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station is a power station located at Kudgi village of Basavana Bagewadi Taluq in Bijapur district, Karnataka in Indian state of Karnataka. This is one of the coal based thermal power plants of NTPC Limited.

Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station
Official nameNTPC Kudgi
CountryIndia
LocationBijapur, Karnataka
Coordinates16°30′00″N 75°50′00″E
StatusCommissioned
Commission date
  • 2016
Owner(s)NTPC Limited
Operator(s)NTPC Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Secondary fuelLight Diesel Oil
Power generation
Units operational3
Nameplate capacity2400;MW
External links
Websitewww.ntpc.co.in

The coal for the plant will be derived from NTPC's Pakhri Barwadih coal block in Jharkhand.

The Construction Power required for stage-1 erection was drawn from M/s Hescom (Hubli Electricity Supply Company) through 2 no. of dedicated 33kV OH lines from Basavana Bagewadi and Mattihal substations of Hescom.

The water source is from reservoir of Almatti Dam which is constructed on Krishna River.[1]

Capacity

Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project will have an installed capacity of 4000 MW (3x800 MW in first stage and 2x800 MW in second stage). Doosan Power systems India Pvt Ltd will supply Steam Generator for the plant & Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd will supply super-critical steam turbine and generator and L&T Howden will supply Axial fans to NTPC for the plant.[2]

StageUnit Numberpower (MW)Date of CommissioningStatus
1st18002016 DecCommissioned [3]
28002017 MarchCommissioned [4]
38002018 MarchCommissioned.[5]
2nd4800Yet to be approved
5800Yet to be approved

References
  1. "National Thermal Power Corporation Limited | Hydroelectricity Power Distribution Company". NTPC.co.in. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. "Toshiba JSW to supply steam turbine for NTPC's Kudgi power project | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. Market, Capital (26 December 2016). "NTPC commissions Unit- I of 800 MW of Kudgi STTP" – via Business Standard.
  4. Market, Capital (23 March 2017). "NTPC commissions 2nd unit of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station" – via Business Standard.
  5. "2nd unit of NTPC project at Kudgi begins commercial operation". 5 January 2018 – via The Economic Times.


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