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NTPC Dadri
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| National Capital Power Station | |
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 Aerial view of NTPC power station, Dadri | |
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| Country | India |
| Location | Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 28°35′54″N 77°36′34″E / 28.59833°N 77.60944°ECoordinates: 28°35′54″N 77°36′34″E / 28.59833°N 77.60944°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1991 |
| Operator(s) | NTPC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal-fired,Gas-fired |
| Power generation | |
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www.ntpc.co.in | |
National Capital Power Station (NCPS) Or NTPC Dadri, is the power project to meet the power demand of National Capital Region (India). It has a huge coal-fired thermal power plant and a gas-fired plant and has a small township located in Uttar Pradesh, India for its employees. It is located in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh about 25 km from Ghaziabad and about 9 km from Dadri. It is nearly 48 km from New Delhi towards Hapur. The township has an area of about 500 acres over all. NTPC Dadri is a branch of National Thermal Power Corporation. It is about 20 km from Ghaziabad via Badalpur, Mahawar, Bamabawar, and Akilpur Jagir.
Capacity[edit]
NTPC Dadri is a unique power plant of NTPC group which has both coal based thermal plant and gas based thermal plant of 1820 MW and 817 MW respectively and 5 MW solar plant totaling 2642 MW
Coal based[edit]
The coal for the power plant is sourced from Piparwar Mines, Jharkhand. Source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.
| Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning |
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| 1st | 1 | 210 | 1991 October |
| 2 | 210 | 1992 December | |
| 3 | 210 | 1993 March | |
| 4 | 210 | 1994 March | |
| 2nd | 5 | 490 | 2010 January |
| 6 | 490 | 2010 July | |
| Total | Six | 1820 |
Gas based[edit]
The gas for the power plant is sourced from GAIL HBJ Pipeline, it also supports HSD as alternate fuel. Source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.
| Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning | GT / ST |
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| 1st | 1 | 130.19 | 1992 March | GT |
| 2 | 130.19 | 1992 May | GT | |
| 3 | 130.19 | 1992 June | GT | |
| 4 | 130.19 | 1992 November | GT | |
| 5 | 154.51 | 1993 February | ST | |
| 6 | 154.51 | 1993 March | ST | |
| Total | six | 829.78 |
Grand Total capacity is 2649 MW.
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