Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Power Station

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Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Power Station is an operating power station of at least 1550-megawatts (MW) in Unchahar, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also known as Unchahar plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Power Station Unchahar, Unchahar, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India 25.9137597, 81.3272384 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5: 25.9137597, 81.3272384
  • Unit 6: 25.9122537, 81.3206291

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - bituminous 210 subcritical 1988
Unit 2 operating coal - bituminous 210 subcritical 1989
Unit 3 operating coal - bituminous 210 subcritical 1999
Unit 4 operating coal - bituminous 210 subcritical 1999
Unit 5 operating coal - bituminous 210 subcritical 2006
Unit 6 operating coal - bituminous 500 subcritical 2017

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 NTPC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2 NTPC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 3 NTPC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 4 NTPC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 5 NTPC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 6 NTPC Ltd [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): Talaipalli Coal Block, Pakri Barwadih Coal Block, and imported
  • Permit(s): May 10, 2013 – Environmental Clearance

Background

NTPC took the power station over from the "cash strapped" Utta Pradesh State Electricity Board in February 1992 when it was a 420 MW plant.[1] [2]

Existing plant

The existing 1050 MW plant comprises five 210 MW units which have been built in three stages. Stage 1 comprised two 210MW units which were commissioned in November 1988 and March 1989. Stage II comprised another two 210MW units which were commissioned in January 1999 and October 1999. Stage III comprised another 210MW unit which was commissioned in September 2006.[3]

Stage IV Expansion (Unit 6)

It has been reported that a 500MW Stage IV expansion of the power station is currently being proposed by NTPC. The expansion would be on the site of the existing plant but an addition 200 acres is being sought for the ash pond and a further 2.7 million tonnes of coal will be required. It has been reported that water will be sought from the Sharda Sahayak Link Canal. It has been reported that terms of reference for an environmental impact statement were approved September 2010.[4]

A 2013 NTPC investor presentation listed the plant as a hybrid coal-solar plant, and did not specify a commissioning date.[5]

As of 2015 the unit is under construction and planned for completion by 2018.[6][7]

Unit 6 was commissioned on March 31, 2017.[8]

Unit 6 Permits

Contact details

P.O. Unchahar, Dist. Rai Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh - 229406
Telephone (STD-05311) - 211-2620
Fax 221065

Articles and Resources

References

  1. NTPC, "Turnaround Capacity", NTPC website, accessed February 2012.
  2. National Thermal Power Corporation, "Coal Based Power Stations ", National Thermal Power Corporation website, accessed June 2010.
  3. NTPC, "Unchahar", NTPC website, accessed February 2012.
  4. "Expansion of 1050 MW Feroz Gandhi Unchahar Coal Based TPP by addition of 1×500 (Stage-IV) MW by NTPC Limited", MoeF News, undated, accessed March 2012.
  5. "NTPC Investor presentation," August 1, 2013.
  6. Broad Status Report, India Central Electrical Authority, April 2015
  7. "Monthly Report on Broad Status of Thermal Power Projects in the Country," Government of India Ministry of Power, March 2016
  8. "NTPC commissions unit 6 of Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station," Udaipur Kiran, 3 April 2017

Additional data

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