Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station

Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station
Location of the Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station
Official name	NTPC Vindhyachal
Country	India
Location	Waidhan, Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates	24°5′50″N 82°40′25″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1982
Commission date	1987 (Stage I) to 2015 (Stage V)
Owner	NTPC
Operator	NTPC Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	6 × 210 MW 7 × 500 MW
Make and model	LMZ Electrosila BHEL
Nameplate capacity	4,760 MW

The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the coal-fired power stations of NTPC, it is the largest power station in India, and the 10th largest coal-fired power station in the world, with an installed capacity of 4,760 MW.[1] The coal for the power plant is sourced from the Nigahi mines, and the water is sourced from the discharge canal of the Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station.[2] The power plant is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the second most carbon dioxide in 2018, after Bełchatów Power Station, at 33.9 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.485 kg per kWh.[3]

The electricity is consumed in the following states: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli.[1]

Capacity

NTPC Vindhyachal[2]

Stage	Unit	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning
I	1	210	October 1987
	2	210	July 1988
	3	210	February 1989
	4	210	December 1989
	5	210	March 1990
	6	210	February 1991
II	7	500	March 1999
	8	500	February 2000
III	9	500	July 2006
	10	500	March 2007
IV	11	500	June 2012
	12	500	March 2013
V	13	500	August 2015
Total		4760 MW

References

1. "NTPC's Vindyachal plant largest power generating station". The Economic Times. 28 October 2015.
2. "Vindhyachal Coal based power station". NTPC. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
3. Grant, Don; Zelinka, David; Mitova, Stefania (2021). "Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-polluting power plants". Environmental Research Letters. 16 (9): 094022. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac13f1. ISSN 1748-9326.