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	22.470344, 88.139949 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 22.470344, 88.139949

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Unit 1	Operating	coal: unknown	250	subcritical	1997
Unit 2	Operating	coal: unknown	250	subcritical	1999
Unit 3	Operating	coal: unknown	250	subcritical	2010

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 1	CESC Ltd [100%]	CESC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2	CESC Ltd [100%]	CESC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 3	CESC Ltd [100%]	CESC Ltd [100.0%]

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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