Santaldih Thermal Power Station

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Santaldih
Thermal Power Station(Power sector)
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CountryIndia
LocationPara (community development block), Purulia district, West Bengal
Coordinates23°36′05″N 86°28′01″E / 23.60139°N 86.46694°E / 23.60139; 86.46694Coordinates: 23°36′05″N 86°28′01″E / 23.60139°N 86.46694°E / 23.60139; 86.46694
StatusOperational
Commission date1 January 1974
Owner(s)West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
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Nameplate capacity480 MW
980 MW (planned)

Santaldih Thermal Power Station (Bengali: সাঁওতালডিহ তাপবিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র) of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited is a power station with an installed capacity of 480 MW (4x120 MW).

Location[edit]

Santaldih Thermal Power Station is located at 23°35′53″N 86°28′26″E / 23.598°N 86.474°E / 23.598; 86.474, at Santaldih, in Para (community development block) of Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the Adra-Gomoh branch line of South-Eastern Railway, on the southern bank of Damodar River.[1] There is a railway station at Santaldih on the Adra-Gomoh branch line.

Capacity[edit]

The installed capacity of Santaldih Thermal Power Station is 4 x 120 MW. The four units were commissioned as follows- Unit 1: 1.1.1974; Unit 2: 16.7.1975; Unit 3: 6.12.1978; Unit 4: 30.3.1981.[1] STPS has expanded capacity by 2 x 250 MW .[1] The previous units (1,2,3,4) are non functional now and they are demolished. Unit 6 & 7 are proposed to be installed in future.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Santaldih Thermal Power Station - WBPDCL". WBPDCL. Retrieved 2011-08-24.


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