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{{Short description|Power station in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox power station
| name = Mettur Thermal Power system
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| location_map_caption= Location of the Mettur Thermal Power Station in Tamil Nadu
| coordinates = {{coord|11|46|19|N|77|48|49|E|region:IN_type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}
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| country = India
| location = [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| status = O
| construction_began =
| commissioned = Unit 1: 7 January 1987<br />Unit 2: 1 December 1987<br />Unit 3: 22 March 1989<br />Unit 4: 27 March 1990<br />Unit 5: 12 October 2013
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| operator = [[Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited]]
| th_fuel_primary = [[Bituminous coal]]
| th_fuel_tertiary =
| ps_units_operational= 4 x 210 MW, 1 x 600 MW
| ps_units_manu_model =
| th_cogeneration =
| th_combined_cycle =
| ps_electrical_capacity= 1,440 [[Megawatt|MW]]
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The '''Mettur Thermal Power Station''' is a coal-fired [[electric power station]] located in [Thoppur-Mettur Dam-Bhavani-Erode Rd, Mettur, Tamil Nadu 636406] Salem district of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is operated by [[Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited]]. The power station was commissioned during various periods from 1987 and this is the first inland thermal Power Station of Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited.The coal from [[Mahanadi Coalfields Limited]] (Talcher and Ib Valley) and [[Eastern Coalfields Limited]] (Raniganj and Mugma) are transported to the load ports of Paradip ([[Orissa, India|Orissa]]), [[Visakhapatnam Port|Vizag]] ([[Andhra Pradesh]]) and [[Haldia]] ([[West Bengal]]). Thereafter the coal is transported to the discharge ports of [[Ennore]] and [[Tuticorin]] by ships. From Ennore Port the coal is transported again through rail to [[Ennore Thermal Power Station]] and Mettur Thermal Power Station.<ref name=tangedco.gov.in>{{cite web|last=Thermal|first=Power Station|title=tangedco|url=http://www.tangedco.gov.in/linkpdf/tmtps.pdf|accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref>

BGR Energy Systems Ltd was the EPC contractor for 600 MW unit 5 of the power plant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tangedco.gov.in/ptr3.php |title=home page |website=www.tangedco.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230203148/http://www.tangedco.gov.in/ptr3.php |archive-date=2012-12-30}} </ref>

==Plants==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Unit !! cost in Crores Rs !! Continuous running in days !! Capacity(M.W) !! Date of
Commissioning
|-
|I|| 384.30 || 227 days || 210 || 7 January 1987
|-
| II || 384.30 || 205 days || 210 || 12 January 1987
|-
| III || 351.76 || 272 days || 210 || 22 March 1989
|-
| IV || 351.76 || 311 days || 210 || 27 March 1990
|-
| V || 398.00 || 193 days|| 600|| 12 October 2013<ref name="UnitV">[https://www.tangedco.gov.in/linkpdf/MTPP_English%2017.10.17.pdf tangedco.gov Mettur Thermal Power Station- Stage-III]</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Portal|Energy}}
{{Power Plants of Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Salem district]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1987]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

Mettur Thermal Power Station - Revision history

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