NTPC Dadri
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 (NTPC).
| National Capital Power Station | |
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 Aerial view of NTPC power station, Dadri | |
| Country | India |
| Location | Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 28°35′54″N 77°36′34″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1991 |
| Operator(s) | NTPC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal-fired,Gas-fired |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1820 MW Coal 817 MW Gas |
| Nameplate capacity |
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www.ntpc.co.in | |
Capacity
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 829.78 MW respectively and 5 MW solar plant totaling 2654.78 MW
Coal based
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2654.78 MW.
