Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project

Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project is a coal-based thermal power plant located at Sivanpur village in Nabinagar taluk in Aurangabad district, Bihar. It was conceptualised in 1989 by the then Chief Minister of Bihar Satyendra Narayan Sinha who sent the [1] proposal to set up a NTPC's super thermal power project at Nabinagar in Bihar's Aurangabad district to then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi; but the project went into limbo as the following state governments failed to follow it. In 2007, Manmohan Singh's[2] government finally put a stamp of approval on it.

Nabinagar Power Generating Company
Location of the Nabinagar Power Generating Company
CountryIndia
LocationAurangabad district, Bihar
Coordinates24.776°N 84.158°E / 24.776; 84.158
StatusOperational
Construction began2011
Commission dateunder construction
Owner(s)NTPC
Operator(s)Nabinagar Power Generating Company
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational1 Unit of 660 MW is operational
Make and modelBHEL and Alstom
Nameplate capacity1,980 MW upcoming

The power plant is owned by the Nabinagar Power Generating Company[3][4]- initially a 50:50 joint venture between NTPC Limited and Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited.[5] The Nabinagar plant will have capacity of 4380 MW( 660MW X 6).[6] The project's generation capacity initially was to be 3960 MW but in 2016,[7] the production capacity was increased to 4380 MW.[8] Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project will be third largest power project in India, after 4700 MW Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station (Singrauli) and maharashtra belar.

This Super Thermal Power Project is spread over 2970 acres, which includes 150 acre of land for the township and 63 acres of land for construction of rail corridor.[9] On 17 April 2018, Bihar state cabinet, headed by chief minister Nitish Kumar, gave its nod to handing over of Nabinagar Power Generating Company to National Thermal Power Corporation.[10] On 15 May 2018, Bihar Government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to hand over the thermal plant to National Thermal Power Corporation for a 33- years lease.[11][12][13] For the Nabinagar plant's Bihar would get 78% of the electricity generated from the plant, while UP would get 11%, jharkhand 3% and Sikkim 1%.

Capacity

The planned capacity of the power plant in 1980 MW (3x660 MW). Unit-1 with capacity to generate 660MW, is scheduled to be commissioned in Dec'18.[14]

StageUnit NumberCapacity (MW)Date of CommissioningStatus
1st1660July 2019Running [15]
1st2660June 2021Under commissions
1st3660July 2022Under construction

Future expansion

There is a plan to add three units of 800 MW each at the site in future.

See also

References
  1. "S N Sinha's brainchild NTPC project gets approval". Hindustan Times. India. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  2. "PM DR MANMOHAN SINGH APPROVES NTPC PROJECT IN BIHAR PROMISED BY THEN CM SN SINHA". Hindustan Times. India. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  3. "NTPC to take over Kanti, Nabinagar JV plants for Rs3,000 crore".
  4. "NTPC to take over Kanti, Nabinagar JV plants".
  5. http://energy.bih.nic.in/docs/Schemes-Nabinagar-STPP.pdf
  6. "Land acquisition a major hurdle".
  7. "Bihar to get 179 MW more power from Nabinagar plant".
  8. "Nabinagar plant may start power generation by year end".
  9. "Nabinagar plant may start power generation by year end".
  10. "Patna to hand over 3 power plants to NTPC".
  11. "State happy with power deal".
  12. "Bihar transfers 3 power plants to NTPC on lease for 30 years".
  13. "NTPC signs MoU with Government of Bihar; aims to improve performance of Power Sector in Bihar".
  14. "Aurangabad power plant unit to be commissioned in December".
  15. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/ntpc-commissions-first-unit-of-nabinagar-plant- commercial operation date (COD) completed -660 capacity-reaches-55786mw/articleshow/70247370.cms
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