Mejia Thermal Power Station

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{{Infobox power station
| name = Mejia<br />Thermal Power Station
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| coordinates = {{coord|23|27|37|N|87|08|05|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| country = India
| location = Durlovpur, [[Mejia (community development block)|Mejia]], [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[West Bengal]]
| status = O
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| commissioned = 1996
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| owner = [[Damodar Valley Corporation|DVC]]
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| th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]]
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| ps_units_operational = 4×210 [[megawatt|MW]] (Units 1–4) <br /> 2×250 MW (Units 5–6) <br /> 2×500 MW (Units 7–8)
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| ps_electrical_capacity = 2340 MW
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| website = {{URL|http://www.dvc.gov.in/}}
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'''Mejia Thermal Power Station''' is located at [[Durlabhpur]], Bankura, 35 km from [[Durgapur, West Bengal|Durgapur]] city in [[West Bengal]]. The power plant is one of the [[coal]] based power plants of [[Damodar Valley Corporation|DVC]]. Commissioned on 1996, MTPS is the largest thermal power plant, in terms of generating capacity in the state of West Bengal as well as among other DVC power plants.

==Power Plant==
Mejia Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of '''2430 MW'''. The plant has 8 units under operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvcindia.org/Mejia.htm|title=Mejia Thermal Power Station|publisher=Damodar Valley Corporation.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515121724/http://www.dvcindia.org/Mejia.htm|archive-date=2010-05-15}}</ref> The individual units has the generating capacity as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
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! Unit No. !! Generating Capacity !! Commissioned on
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| U#1 || 210 MW || Mar. 1996
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| U#2 || 210 MW || Mar. 1998
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| U#3 || 210 MW || Sep. 1999
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| U#4 || 210 MW || Feb. 2005
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| U#5 || 250 MW || Feb. 2008
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| U#6 || 250 MW || Sep. 2008
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| U#7 || 500 MW || Aug. 2011
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| U#8 || 500 MW || Aug. 2012 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvc.gov.in/powerplants.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-03-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227195833/http://www.dvc.gov.in/powerplants.htm |archive-date=2014-02-27 }}</ref>

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Units 1 through 6 are collectively named '''MTPS- A''', while the extension work of 2×500 MW Units 7 & 8 are called '''MTPS-B'''. All the units have [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]] make boilers, turbines and generators installed in them.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Energy|India}}
* [[List of power stations in West Bengal]]
* [[Chandrapura Thermal Power Station]]
* [[Bokaro Thermal Power Station B]]
* [[Durgapur Thermal Power Station]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Electricity generation|state=collapsed}}
{{Power Plants of West Bengal}}
{{Bankura topics}}
{{Damodar Valley}}

[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bankura district]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1996]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in West Bengal]]

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