Budge Budge Generating Station

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Budge Budge Generating Station is an operating power station of at least 750-megawatts (MW) in Pujali, Budge Budge, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Budge Budge Generating Station	Pujali, Budge Budge, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India	22.4703, 88.1399 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1: 22.4703437, 88.1399487
• Unit 2: 22.4703437, 88.1399487
• Unit 3: 22.4703437, 88.1399487

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	operating	-	250 MW	subcritical	-	-
Unit 2	operating	-	250 MW	subcritical	-	-
Unit 3	operating	-	250 MW	subcritical	-	-

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 1	CESC Ltd	CESC Ltd
Unit 2	CESC Ltd	CESC Ltd
Unit 3	CESC Ltd	CESC Ltd

Financing

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Background

The 750 MW power station is owned by CESC Ltd and is located in West Bengal.

In its 2010-2011 annual report CESC stated that the first two 250MW units were commissioned over a decade before (in 1997 and 1999) and the third was commissioned in February 2010.

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